Job 20:18
World English Bible (WEB)
He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.
In context
16 He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him.
17 He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
18 He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.
19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
20 “Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.
Job 20:18 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.
- KJV 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
- ASV 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.
- YLT Young's 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.
- DBY 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].
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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 .