Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Turning back the labor, and he shall not swallow down: according to the substance of his exchange and he shall not exult
New American Standard Bible
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.
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.
Holman Bible
he doesn’t enjoy the profits from his trading.
International Standard Version
"He will restore what he has attained from his work and won't consume it; he won't enjoy the profits from his business transactions,
A Conservative Version
That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
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.
Amplified
“He gives back what he has labored for and attained
And cannot swallow it [down to enjoy it];
As to the riches of his labor,
He cannot even enjoy them.
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.
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.
King James 2000
That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: from the proceeds of business he shall not rejoice.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Returning [the] products of [his] toil, he will not swallow; according to the profit of his trade, {he will not enjoy},
Modern King James verseion
giving back his gain, and he will not eat. As to the wealth of his trading, even he shall not enjoy it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But he shall labour, and yet have nothing to eat. Great travail shall he make for riches, but he shall not enjoy them.
NET Bible
He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
In vain, he toiled, he shall not swallow, like wealth to be restored, in which he cannot exult!
Webster
That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are multiplied
Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
17 He shall not look upon the streams, the rivers, the torrents of honey and curdled milk 18 Turning back the labor, and he shall not swallow down: according to the substance of his exchange and he shall not exult 19 For he oppressed, forsaking the poor; he stripped the house and he will not build it up.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 20:10
The weak shall break his sons, and his hands shall turn back his wealth.
Job 20:15
He swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit it up, and God shall drive it out of his belly.
Job 20:5
For the rejoicing of the unjust drawing near, and the gladness of the profane even for a moment
Job 31:25
If I shall rejoice because of the Multitude of my riches, and because my hand found much;
Job 31:29
If I shall rejoice in the destruction of him hating me, and I exalted when evil found him:
Proverbs 1:12
We will swallow them down living, as hades, and whole, as they going down to the pit:
Isaiah 24:7-11
The new wine mourned, the vine languished, all they joyful of heart, sighed
Jeremiah 11:15-16
What is to my beloved in my house making mischief to many, and they shall cause the holy flesh to pass away from thee? for thou didst evil, then wilt thou exult
Jeremiah 22:13
Wo to him building his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment; by his neighbor he will work gratuitously, and he will give him not for his work;
Jeremiah 22:17
For thine eyes and thy heart not but for thy plunder and for guiltless blood to pour out, and for oppression and for running, to do.
Jeremiah 51:34
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel consumed us, he destroyed us, he set us an empty vessel, he swallowed us down as a dragon, he filled his belly with my delicacies, he thrust us away.
Jeremiah 51:44
And I reviewed over Bel in Babel, and brought forth his swallowing from his mouth: and the nations shall no more flow to him: also the wall of Babel fell.
Lamentations 2:16
All thine enemies opened wide their mouth upon thee: they hissed and they will gnash the teeth: they said, We swallowed down: surely this the day we longed for; we found; we saw.
Ezekiel 7:12
The time came, the day drew near: he buying shall not rejoice, and he selling, shall not mourn: for burning upon all her multitude.
Hosea 8:7-8
For they shall sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: no stalk to it: the sprout shall not make flour: perhaps it will make, strangers will swallow it down.
Hosea 9:1
Thou shalt not rejoice, O Israel; exult not as the peoples: for thou didst commit fornication from thy God; thou didst love a gift upon all the threshing-floors of grain.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, ye, panting after the needy, to cause the humble of the, land to cease.
Matthew 23:13
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye lock up the kingdom of the heavens before men: for ye come not in yourselves, neither those coming in, permit ye to come in.
Matthew 23:24
Blind guides, straining a gnat, and swallowing down a camel.
James 4:8-9
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinful; and purify the hearts, ye double souled.