Job 20:18

WEB

¹⁸He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.

KJV

¹⁸That which he laboured^[+] for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

BSB

¹⁸He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

FBV

¹⁸They will have to give back what they have gained and will not have any benefit;^[+] they will not enjoy any of their profits.

Extra References

Job 20:10

¹⁰His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.

Jeremiah 22:13

¹³“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire;

Jeremiah 51:44

⁴⁴I will execute judgment on Bel in Babylon, and I will bring out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up. The nations will not flow any more to him. Yes, the wall of Babylon will fall.

Proverbs 1:12

¹²Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol,^[+] and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

Job 20:15

¹⁵He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

Matthew 23:24

²⁴You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

Job 31:29

²⁹“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him

Jeremiah 22:17

¹⁷But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”

Hosea 8:7-8

⁷For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up. ⁸Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.

Job 31:25

²⁵If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;