Verse 18
Job 20:18
New King James Version
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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מֵשִׁ֣יב יָ֭גָע וְ/לֹ֣א יִבְלָ֑ע כְּ/חֵ֥יל תְּ֝מוּרָת֗/וֹ וְ/לֹ֣א יַעֲלֹֽס
English Translation
He restores the weary and does not consume like a troop of transformation, and does not rejoice.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 20 Context
1
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for
this
I make haste.
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I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
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Knowest thou
not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
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That the triumphing of the wicked
is short, and the joy of the hypocrite
but for a moment?
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Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
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Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where
is he?
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8
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of th...
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9
The eye also
which saw him shall
see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
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10
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
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11
His bones are full
of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
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12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth,
though he hide it under his tongue;
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13
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
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14
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned,
it is the gall of asps within him.
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15
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God (Elohim) shall cast them out of...
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16
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
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17
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
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18
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow
it down: according to
his substan...
19
Because he hath oppressed
and hath forsaken the poor;
because he hath violently taken away an house...
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Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
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21
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
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22
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon h...
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23
When he is about to fill his belly,
God (Elohim) shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shal...
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24
He shall flee from the iron weapon,
and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
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25
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors
a...
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26
All darkness
shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill...
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27
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
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The increase of his house shall depart,
and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
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29
This
is the portion of a wicked man from God (Elohim), and the heritage appointed unto him by God (E...
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