Job 20:10 Meaning and Explanation
“His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The wicked man’s children must beg favor from the poor and give back the wealth he seized.
What Does Job 20:10 Mean?
Zophar turns to the man’s descendants. The children of the oppressor will have to court the goodwill of the very poor their father once exploited, and his own hands must give back the goods he took. The wealth wrung from others does not stay in the family; it is returned, often in humiliation.
The verse exposes a sober law woven into God’s world: gain seized unjustly carries a debt that eventually comes due. What was taken must be restored. Scripture honors the one who, like Zacchaeus, gladly restores fourfold, and warns the one who hoards at others’ expense. Justice has a long memory, and the harm we do to the poor does not simply disappear.
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What does Job 20:10 mean?
The wicked man’s children must beg favor from the poor and give back the wealth he seized.