Job 20:10

“His children shall seek to please the poor, etc.] In this and some following verses the miserable state of a wicked man is described, and which begins with his children, who are often visited in wrath for their parents’ sins, especially when they tread in their steps, and follow their example; and it is an affliction to parents to see their children in distress, and particularly on their account, and even to be threatened with it. According to our version, the sense of this clause is, that after a wicked man’s death his children shall seek to gain the good will and favour of the poor who have been oppressed by him, that they may not reproach them, or take revenge on them, or apply to the…”

“seek to please--"Atone to the poor" (by restoring the property of which they had been robbed by the father) [DE WETTE]. Better than English Version, "The children" are reduced to the humiliating condition of "seeking the favor of those very poor," whom the father had oppressed. But UMBREIT translates as Margin. his hands--rather, "their (the children's) hands." their goods--the goods of the poor. Righteous retribution! (Exo 20:5).”

“His children shall seek to please the poor - Margin, or, “the poor shall oppress his children.” The idea in the Hebrew seems to be, that his sons shall be reduced to the humiliating condition of asking the aid of the most needy and abject. Instead of being in a situation to assist others, and to indulge in a liberal hospitality, they themselves shall be reduced to the necessity of applying to the poor for the means of subsistence. There is great strength in this expression. It is usually regarded as humiliating to be compelled to ask aid at all; but the idea here is, that they would be reduced to the necessity of asking it of those who themselves needed it, “or would be beggars of beggars.”…”

“20:10 Because stolen riches are ill-gotten, they provide no lasting benefit (20:18-21).”

“His children: etc. or, The poor shall oppress his children, Pro 28:3 seek: Psa 109:10 his hands: Job 20:18; Exo 12:36, Exo 22:1, Exo 22:3, Exo 9:2; Sa2 12:6; Pro 6:31; Luk 19:8 Job 20:11”