Job 20:23, 29 | JFB | STEP | 23. Rather, "God shall cast (may God send) [UMBREIT ] upon him the fury of His wrath to fill his belly! " while . . . eating —rather, "shall rain it upon him for his food! " Fiery rain, that is, lightning ( ; alluding to Job's misfortune, ). The force of the image is felt by picturing to one's self the opposite nature of a refreshing rain in the desert ( ).

Job 20:23

23. Rather, "God shall cast (may God send) [UMBREIT] upon him the fury of His wrath to fill his belly!"

while . . . eating—rather, "shall rain it upon him for his food!" Fiery rain, that is, lightning (Ps 11:6; alluding to Job's misfortune, Job 1:16). The force of the image is felt by picturing to one's self the opposite nature of a refreshing rain in the desert (Ex 16:4; Ps 68:9).

Job 20:29

29. appointed—not as a matter of chance, but by the divine "decree" (Margin) and settled principle.