Job 20:18

Coverdale Bible (1535)

But laboure shal he, & yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shal he make for riches, but he shal not enioye them.

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  • Job 20:10 : 10 His childre go a begginge, their handes bringe the to sorow and heuynesse.
  • Job 20:15 : 15 The riches yt he deuoureth, shall he perbreake agayne, for God shal drawe them out of his bely.
  • Job 31:25 : 25 Haue I reioysed because my substaunce was greate, and because my honde gat so moch?
  • Job 31:29 : 29 Haue I euer reioysed at the hurte of myne enemy? Or, was I euer glad, yt eny harme happened vnto him? Oh no,
  • Prov 1:12 : 12 let us swalowe the vp like ye hell, let us deuoure the quycke and whole, as those that go downe in to the pytt.
  • Isa 24:7-9 : 7 The swete wyne shal mourne, the grapes shalbe weake, and all yt haue bene mery in harte, shal sighe. 8 The myrth of tabrettes shalbe layde downe, the chere of the ioyful shal ceasse, and the pleasure of lutes shal haue an ende: 9 there shal no more wyne bedronke with myrth, the beer shal be bytter to the that drinke it, 10 the wicked cities shalbe broken downe, all houses shalbe shut, that no man maye come in. 11 In the stretes shal there be lift vp a crie because of wyne, all mens chere shal vanish awaye, and all ioye of the earth shal passe.
  • Jer 11:15-16 : 15 O thou beloued, why doest thou so shamefull greate blasphemies in my house? euen as though that holy flesh might absolue the, specially when thou hast made thy boost off thy wickednes. 16 The LORDE called the a grene olyue tre, a fayre one, a frutefull one, a goodly one: but now that there is a contrary reporte off the abrode, he will burne the vp, ad destroye thy braunches.
  • Jer 22:13 : 13 Wo worth him, that buyldeth his house with vnrightuousnes, ad his perlers with the good, that he hath gotten by violence: which neuer recompenseth his neghburs laboure, ner payeth him his hyre.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 Neuertheles, as for thine eyes and thine herte, they loke vpon covetousnesse, to shed innocent bloude, to do wronge and violence.
  • Jer 51:34 : 34 Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon hath deuoured and distroyed me, he hath made me an emptie vessell. He swalowed me vp like a Dragon, and fylled his bely with my delicates: he hath cast me out,
  • Jer 51:44 : 44 Morouer, I wil vyset Bel at Babilo: & the thinge that he hath swalowed vp, that same shal I plucke out of his mouth. The Gentiles also shall runne nomore vnto him, yee and the walles of Babilon shal fall.
  • Lam 2:16 : 16 All thine enemies gape vpon the, whisperinge and bytinge their teth, sayenge: let vs deuoure, for the tyme that we loked for, is come: we haue founde and sene it.
  • Ezek 7:12 : 12 The tyme cometh, the daye draweth nye: Who so byeth, let him not reioyce: he that selleth, let him not be sory: for why, Trouble shall come in the myddest off all rest:
  • Hos 8:7-8 : 7 They haue sowne wynde, therfore shal they reepe a storme. Their sede shal beare no corne, there shal no meel be made of their increase: though yere be, yet shall straungers deuoure it vp. 8 Israel shall perish, the Gentiles shall entreate him as a foule vessel.
  • Hos 9:1 : 1 Do not thou triumphe (O Israel) make no boostinge more then the Heithen, for thou hast comitted aduoutry agaynst yi God: straunge rewardes hast thou loued, more the all corne floores.
  • Amos 8:4 : 4 Heare this, O ye yt oppresse the poore, and destroye the nedy in ye londe, sayenge:
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrytes, that shut vp the kyngdome of heauen before men: Ye come not in youre selues, nether suffre ye them to enter, that wolde be in.
  • Matt 23:24 : 24 O ye blynde gydes, which strayne out a gnat, but swalowe vp a Camell.
  • Jas 4:8-9 : 8 Drawe nye to God & he wil drawe nye to you. Clense yor hondes ye synners, and pourge youre hertes ye wauerynge mynded. 9 Suffre affliccions: sorowe ye and wepe. Let youre laughter be turned to mornynge, and youre ioye to heuynes.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 the prayse of the vngodly hath bene shorte, and that the ioye of Ypocrytes continued but ye twincklinge of an eye?

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  • Job 20:19-22
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    19 And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not buylded them.

    20 His bely coude neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish in his couetousnesse.

    21 He deuoured so gredely, yt he left nothinge behynde, therfore his goodes shal not prospere.

    22 Though he had plenteousnesse of euerythinge, yet was he poore, & therfore he is but a wretch on euery syde.

  • 10 His childre go a begginge, their handes bringe the to sorow and heuynesse.

  • 31 but yf he maye be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes asmoch, or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house.

  • 17 so that he shal nomore se the ryuers and brokes of hony and butter:

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    11 then shall there an ooth of the LORDE go betwene them, that he hath not put his hande vnto his neghbours good: and the owner of ye good shal accepte it, so that the other shall not make it good.

    12 Yf a thefe steale it from him, then shal he make restitucio vnto the owner therof.

  • 15 The riches yt he deuoureth, shall he perbreake agayne, for God shal drawe them out of his bely.

  • Exod 22:3-6
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    3 But yf the sonne be gone vp vpo him, then hath he committed manslaughter, and he shal dye. A thefe shall make restitucion. Yf he haue nothige, the let him be solde for his theft.

    4 But yf ye theft be founde by him alyue (from the oxe vnto the Asse or shepe) then shall he restore dubble.

    5 Yf a man hurte a felde or vynyarde, so yt he let his catell do harme in another mans felde, the same shall make restitucion euen of the best of his owne felde and vynyarde.

    6 Yf a fyre come out, and take holde of ye thornes, so that the sheeues be consumed, or the corne that stondeth yet vpon the felde, he that kyndled the fyre shall make restitucion.

  • Lev 6:4-5
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    4 that he synneth after this maner, & trespaceth, he shal restore agayne that he toke violently awaye, or gat wrongeously, or that was geuen him to kepe, or that he hath founde,

    5 or what so euer it be aboute ye which he hath sworne falsely, he shal restore it againe whole alltogether, and geue the fifth parte more therto, euen to him that it belonged vnto, the same daye that he geueth his trespace offerynge.

  • 13 Wo worth him, that buyldeth his house with vnrightuousnes, ad his perlers with the good, that he hath gotten by violence: which neuer recompenseth his neghburs laboure, ner payeth him his hyre.

  • Job 20:27-28
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    27 The heauen shall declare his wickednesse, & the earth shal take parte agaynst him.

    28 The substaunce that he hath in his house, shalbe taken awaye and perish, in the daye of the LORDES wrath.

  • 11 Let there be no man to petie, ner to haue compassion vpon his fatherlesse children.

  • Job 21:19-20
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    19 And though God saue their childre from soch sorowe, yet wil he so rewarde theselues, that they shal knowe it.

    20 Their owne destruccion and misery shal they se with their eyes, and drynke of the fearfull wrath of the Allmighty.

  • 7 he greueth no body: he geueth his detter his pledge agayne: he taketh none other mans good by violece: he parteth his mete with the hongrie: he clotheth the naked:

  • Job 15:28-29
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    28 Therfore shall his dwellynge be in desolate cities, & in houses which no ma inhabiteth, but are become heapes of stones.

    29 He shall not be rich, nether shall his substaunce continue, ner encrease vpon earth.

  • Lev 25:27-28
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    27 then shall it be rekened how many yeares it hath bene solde, and the remnaunt shal be restored vnto him to whom he solde it, yt he maie come agayne to his possession.

    28 But yf his hande can not get so moch, as to haue one parte agayne, the shal it yt he solde be styll in the hande of the byer vntyll ye yeare of Iubilye: In ye same shal it go out, and returne to his owner agayne.

  • 16 Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his owne riches, geueth (comoly) vnto the rich, and at the last commeth to pouerte himself.

  • 35 no though thou woldest ofre him greate giftes to make amendes, he will not receaue them.

  • 11 but he rewardeth the workes of man, and causeth euery man to fynde acordinge to his wayes.

  • 17 He yt hath pitie vpon the poore, ledeth vnto ye LORDE: & loke what he layeth out, it shalbe payed him agayne.

  • 21 The heretage that commeth to haistely at the first, shal not be praysed at the ende.

  • 14 Euery man shal enioye good acordinge to the innocency of his mouth, and after the workes of his hades shal he be rewarded.

  • 8 Who so increaseth his riches by vautage & wynnynge, let him gather them to helpe the poore withall.

  • 31 Who darre reproue him for his wayes to his face? who rewardeth him for the vngraciousnesse that he doth?

  • Job 27:17-18
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    17 he maye well prepare it: but the godly shal put it vpon him, and the innocet shal deale out the money.

    18 His house shal endure as the moth, & as a bothe that the watch man maketh.

  • 6 But shall not all these take vp a prouerbe agaynst him, and mocke him with a byworde, and saye: Wo vnto him that heapeth vp other mens goodes? How longe wil he lade himself with thicke claye?

  • 5 that his haruest was eaten vp off the hungrie: that the weapened man had spoyled it, and that the thurstie had droncke vp his riches. It is not the earth that bryngeth forth trauayle,

  • 11 Hastely gotte goodes are soone spent, but they that be gathered together with the hande, shal increase.

  • Eccl 5:12-15
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    12 A labouringe man slepeth swetely, whether it be litle or moch that he eateth: but the abundaunce of the riche wil not suffre him to slepe.

    13 Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne (namely) riches kepte to the hurte of him yt hath them in possession.

    14 For oft times they perishe with his greate misery and trouble: and yf he haue a childe, it getteth nothinge.

    15 Like as he came naked out of his mothers wombe, so goeth he thither agayne, and carieth nothinge awaye with him of all his laboure.

  • 20 For he thinketh not moch how longe he shal lyue, for so moch as God fylleth his hert with gladnesse.

  • 8 He yt soweth wickednesse, shal reape sorowe, & the rodde of his plage shal destroye him.

  • 29 Saye not: I wil hadle him, eue as he hath dealte wt me, & wil rewarde euery ma acordinge to his dedes.

  • 2 when God geueth a man riches, goodes & honoure, so that he wanteth nothinge of all that his herte can desyre: and yet God geueth him not leue to enioye the same, but another man spedeth them. This is a vayne thinge & a miserable plage.

  • 18 The vngodly shalbe geuen for the rightuous, & the wicked for the iust.

  • 13 Who so rewardeth euell for good, the plage shal not departe fro his house.