Job 20:18

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.

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  • Job 20:10 : 10 His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.
  • Job 20:15 : 15 Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.
  • Job 31:25 : 25 If I rejoice because great `is' my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,
  • Job 31:29 : 29 If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,
  • Prov 1:12 : 12 We swallow them as Sheol -- alive, And whole -- as those going down `to' the pit,
  • Isa 24:7-9 : 7 Mourned hath the new wine, languished the vine, Sighed have all the joyful of heart. 8 Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp. 9 With a song they drink not wine, Bitter is strong drink to those drinking it. 10 It was broken down -- a city of emptiness, Shut hath been every house from entrance. 11 A cry over the wine `is' in out-places, Darkened hath been all joy, Removed hath been the joy of the land.
  • Jer 11:15-16 : 15 What -- to My beloved in My house, Her doing wickedness with many, And the holy flesh do pass over from thee? When thou dost evil, then thou exultest. 16 `An olive, green, fair, of goodly fruit,' Hath Jehovah called thy name, At the noise of a great tumult He hath kindled fire against it, And broken have been its thin branches.
  • Jer 22:13 : 13 Wo to him who is building his house by unrighteousness, And his upper chambers by injustice, On his neighbour he layeth service for nought, And his wage he doth not give to him.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.
  • Jer 51:34 : 34 Devoured us, crushed us, hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, He hath set us `as' an empty vessel, He hath swallowed us as a dragon, He hath filled his belly with my dainties, He hath driven us away.
  • Jer 51:44 : 44 And I have seen after Bel in Babylon, And I have brought forth that which he swallowed -- from his mouth, And flow no more unto him do nations, Also the wall of Babylon hath fallen.
  • Lam 2:16 : 16 Opened against thee their mouth have all thine enemies, They have hissed, yea, they gnash the teeth, They have said: `We have swallowed `her' up, Surely this `is' the day that we looked for, We have found -- we have seen.'
  • Ezek 7:12 : 12 Come hath the time, arrived hath the day, The buyer doth not rejoice, And the seller doth not become a mourner, For wrath `is' unto all its multitude.
  • Hos 8:7-8 : 7 For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up. 8 Israel hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.
  • Hos 9:1 : 1 `Rejoice not, O Israel, be not joyful like the peoples, For thou hast gone a-whoring from thy God, Thou hast loved a gift near all floors of corn.
  • Amos 8:4 : 4 Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 `Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.
  • Matt 23:24 : 24 `Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.
  • Jas 4:8-9 : 8 draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled! 9 be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
  • Job 20:5 : 5 That the singing of the wicked `is' short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,

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