Job 20:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁸ He will give back the fruit of his toil, and will not swallow it down; from the profit of his trading he will get no enjoyment.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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

¹⁸ 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)

¹⁸ 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

¹⁸ They won’t receive the reward for their labor; they won’t enjoy the wealth from their business.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ 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.

Job 20:18 Cross References

Job 20:10

His children will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will give back his wealth.

Job 20:15

He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.

Job 20:5

that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Job 27:17

he may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.

Job 31:25

if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much;

Job 31:29

“If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him that hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him

Job 31:8

then let me sow, and another eat; and let what grows for me be rooted out.

Proverbs 1:12

like Sheol let us swallow them alive and whole, like those who go down to the Pit:

Proverbs 21:20

Precious treasure remains in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.

Jeremiah 22:13

“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing, and does not give him his wages;

Jeremiah 22:17

But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.”

Jeremiah 51:34

“Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me; he has made me an empty vessel, he has swallowed me like a monster; he has filled his belly with my delicacies, he has rinsed me out.

Jeremiah 51:44

And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed. The nations shall no longer flow to him; the wall of Babylon has fallen.

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies rail against you; they hiss, they gnash their teeth, they cry: “We have destroyed her! Ah, this is the day we longed for; now we have it; we see it!”

Ezekiel 7:12

The time has come, the day draws near. Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude.

Hosea 9:1

Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples; for you have played the harlot, forsaking your God. You have loved a harlot's hire upon all threshing floors.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who trample upon the needy, and bring the poor of the land to an end,

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in.

Matthew 23:24

You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!

Deuteronomy 28:30

You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her; you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell in it; you shall plant a vineyard, and you shall not use the fruit of it.

Deuteronomy 28:33

A nation which you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually;