Job 20:23

When he is about to fill his belly - Here seems a plain allusion to the lustings of the children of Israel in the desert. God showered down quails upon them, and showered down his wrath while the flesh was in their mouth. The allusion is too plain to be mistaken; and this gives some countenance to the bishop of Killala's version of Job 20:20 ; -

"Because he acknowledged not the quail in his stomach,

In the midst of his delight he shall not escape."

That שלו , which we translate quietness, means a quail, also the history of the Hebrews' lustings, Exodus 16:2-11 , and Numbers 11:31-35 , sufficiently proves. Let the reader mark all the expressions here, Job 20:20-23 , and compare them with Numbers 11:31-35 , and he will probably be of opinion that Zophar has that history immediately in view, which speaks of the Hebrews' murmurings for bread and flesh, and the miraculous showers of manna and quails, and the judgments that fell on them for their murmurings. Let us compare a few passages: -

Job 20:20 . He shall not feel quietness -