His sons seek the favour of the poor, and his hands give back his wealth.
Job 20:18 - The Scriptures 2009 He is giving back what he laboured for, and does not eat it – like wealth from his trade, but he does not enjoy. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That which he labored for shall he give back and shall not swallow it down [to enjoy it]; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it. 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. Common English Bible They won’t receive the reward for their labor; they won’t enjoy the wealth from their business. Catholic Public Domain Version He will be repaid for all he has done, yet he will not be consumed; according to the multitude of his schemes, so also will he suffer. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer. |
His sons seek the favour of the poor, and his hands give back his wealth.
He has swallowed down riches, then vomits them up – Ěl drives it out of his stomach.
that the singing of the wrong is short-lived, and the joy of the defiled one is but for a moment?
he lays up, but the righteous puts it on, and the innocent divides the silver.
if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gained much;
If I have rejoiced when he who hated me was ruined, or lifted myself up when evil found him –
“Let us swallow them alive like She’ol, And entirely, like those going down to the pit.
Desirable treasure and oil, Are in the dwelling of the wise, But a foolish man swallows it up.
“Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his rooms without right-ruling, who uses his neighbour’s service without wages and does not give him his wages,
“But your eyes and your heart are only upon your own greedy gain, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and on doing violence.”
“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.
All your enemies have opened Their mouth against you; They have whistled and they gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up! This is certainly the day we waited for; We have found it, we have seen it.”
The time has come, and the day has arrived. ‘Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is on all its crowd.
O Yisra’ĕl, do not rejoice with exultation like the peoples, for you have whored from your Elohim. You have loved a harlot-fee at all threshing-floors.
Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, to do away with the poor of the land,
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
“You become engaged to a wife, but another man does lie with her. You build a house, but do not dwell in it. You plant a vineyard, but do not use its fruit.
“A people whom you have not known eat the fruit of your land and all your labours. And you shall be only oppressed and crushed all the days.