Job 20:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    He will give back the fruit of his labor but will not swallow it; like the wealth of his trade, he will not enjoy it.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    That which he labored{H3022} for shall he restore,{H7725} and shall not swallow it down;{H1104} According to the substance{H2428} that he hath gotten,{H8545} he shall not rejoice.{H5965}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    That which he laboured{H3022} for shall he restore{H7725}{(H8688)}, and shall not swallow it down{H1104}{(H8799)}: according to his substance{H2428} shall the restitution{H8545} be, and he shall not rejoice{H5965}{(H8799)} therein.

  • 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.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

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

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The thing he hath laboured for, shall he restore, and shall not eate of it: great trauaile shall he make for riches, but he shall not enioy them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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].

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 20:10 : 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
  • Job 20:15 : 15 He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly.
  • Job 31:25 : 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
  • Job 31:29 : 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted myself up when evil found him;
  • Prov 1:12 : 12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit;
  • Isa 24:7-9 : 7 The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tambourines ceases, the noise of those who rejoice ends, the joy of the harp ceases. 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it. 10 The city of confusion is broken down; every house is shut up, that no one may come in. 11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
  • Jer 11:15-16 : 15 What has my beloved to do in my house, seeing she has worked lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from you? When you do evil, then you rejoice. 16 The LORD called your name, A green olive tree, lovely and of good fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire upon it, and its branches are broken.
  • Jer 22:13 : 13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and gives him nothing for his work;
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and your heart are set only on your covetousness, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression, and on violence, to do it.
  • Jer 51:34 : 34 Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel; he has swallowed me up like a monster, he has filled his belly with my delicacies, he has thrown me out.
  • Jer 51:44 : 44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth what he has swallowed; and the nations shall no longer gather to him; indeed, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
  • Lam 2:16 : 16 All your enemies have opened their mouth against you: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly, this is the day we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
  • Ezek 7:12 : 12 The time has come, the day draws near; let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
  • Hos 8:7-8 : 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal. If it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up. 8 Israel is swallowed up; now they shall be among the Gentiles as a vessel in which is no pleasure.
  • Hos 9:1 : 1 Do not rejoice, O Israel, like other peoples, for you have gone astray from your God; you have loved a reward upon every threshing floor.
  • Amos 8:4 : 4 Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land fail,
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
  • Matt 23:24 : 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.
  • Jas 4:8-9 : 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
  • Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumph of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 22:11-12
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    11 then an oath of the LORD shall be between them both that he has not put his hand upon his neighbor's goods; and the owner shall accept this, and he shall not make restitution.

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    17 He may prepare it, but the just shall wear it, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

    18 He builds his house like a moth, and like a booth that a keeper makes.

  • Hab 2:6
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    5 Whose harvest the hungry devour, and take it even out of the thorns, and the thief swallows up their substance.

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    11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

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    8 He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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    29 Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for his work.

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    18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

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    13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.