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Job 20:21

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Gregory the Dialogist

Ver. 21. There shall none of his meat be left. 25. 'His meat' is all that he coveted with wrong desire; but when the hypocrite is struck, 'there is none of his meat left,' in that when he is himself carried to eternal punishments, he is parted from all the good things that he had gotten here. And hence it is yet further added; Therefore shall nought remain from his goods. For if 'aught did remain of his goods,' he would take along with him the things that he had possession of. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XV ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Then he clearly shows the same is true in the sin of ravenous gluttony when he says, "Nothing has remained of his food," because whatever he had he turned to his own uses, leaving nothing for the need of others. He then adds the fitting punishment saying, "and so nothing will remain of his goods," for him, because he will lose everything. This is a fitting punishment since he did not want to reserve anything from his goods for others, so it is just that nothing is reserved for him.

Commentary on Job ↗