Job 20:18 “He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot…”

Job 20:18

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That 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.

World English Bible

He 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.

American Standard Version

That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

Geneva Bible 1599

He shall restore the labour, and shall deuoure no more: euen according to the substance shalbe his exchange, and he shall enioy it no more.

Darby Translation

That which he laboured for shall he restore, and not swallow down; its restitution shall be according to the value, and he shall not rejoice [therein].

Young's Literal Translation

He is giving back [what] he laboured for, And doth not consume [it]; As a bulwark [is] his exchange, and he exults not.

Bible in Basic English

He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

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Cross references

“shall he restore”

Job 20:10 Job 20:15

Job 20:10 · BSB

His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

Job 20:15 · BSB

He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

“swallow”

Proverbs 1:12 Jeremiah 51:44 Job 20:5 Jeremiah 51:34 Matthew 23:24 Lamentations 2:16

Proverbs 1:12 · BSB

let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

Jeremiah 51:44 · BSB

I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.

Job 20:5 · BSB

the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

Jeremiah 51:34 · BSB

“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.

Matthew 23:24 · BSB

You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

Lamentations 2:16 · BSB

All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”

“and he shall”

Jeremiah 22:13 Job 31:25 Job 31:29 Isaiah 24:7–11 Jeremiah 22:17 Ezekiel 7:12

Jeremiah 22:13 · BSB

“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

Job 31:25 · BSB

if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

Job 31:29 · BSB

If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

Isaiah 24:7–11 · BSB

The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.

Jeremiah 22:17 · BSB

“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

Ezekiel 7:12 · BSB

The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon the whole multitude.

Also

Matthew 23:13

Matthew 23:13 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

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