Job 20:13 References

13 Though he desires it and will not let it go, But holds it ain his mouth,

a Numbers 11:18-20, Numbers 11:33, Job 20:23

Numbers 11

18 "Say to the people, 'aConsecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept bin the ears of the Lord, saying, "Oh that someone would give us meat to eat! For we were well-off in Egypt." Therefore the Lord will give you meat and you shall eat.

19 'You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,

20 but a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you; because ayou have rejected the Lord who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?"'"

Numbers 11

33 aWhile the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very severe plague.

Job 20

23 "When he afills his belly, God will send His fierce anger on him And will brain it on him while he is eating.