His sons seek the favour of the poor, and his hands give back his wealth.
Job 20:15 - The Scriptures 2009 He has swallowed down riches, then vomits them up – Ěl drives it out of his stomach. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He has swallowed down [his ill-gotten] riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly. American Standard Version (1901) He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly. Common English Bible They swallow wealth and vomit it; God dislodges it from their belly. Catholic Public Domain Version The riches that he devours, he will vomit up, and from his stomach God will draw them out. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The riches which he hath swallowed, he shall vomit up: and God shall draw them out of his belly. |
His sons seek the favour of the poor, and his hands give back his wealth.
his food is turned in his stomach, the bitterness of cobras is in him.
He is giving back what he laboured for, and does not eat it – like wealth from his trade, but he does not enjoy.
For he shall not know ease in his innermost, neither save what he desires.
The increase of his house departs, flowing away in the day of His wrath.
Let the creditor lay a snare for all that he has, And let strangers plunder his labour.
Desirable treasure and oil, Are in the dwelling of the wise, But a foolish man swallows it up.
“Neḇuḵaḏretstsar the sovereign of Baḇel has devoured us, he has crushed us, he has made us an empty vessel, he has swallowed us up like a monster. He has filled his stomach with my delicacies, he has driven us away.
“And I shall punish Bĕl in Baḇel. And I shall make him spew out what he has swallowed, and nations shall no longer stream to him. Even the wall of Baḇel shall fall.
“Shall not all these lift up a proverb against him, and a mocking riddle against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his! Till when is he to load on himself many pledges’?