Devine Scripture

Job 20:18

Job chapter 20 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

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.

Context

v.17He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.

v.18This passage

v.19For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 1:12

    Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

  • Amos 8:4

    Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

  • Job 20:15

    He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.

  • James 4:8

    Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

  • Jeremiah 22:13

    Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor’s service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;

  • Jeremiah 22:17

    But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.