Job Chapter 20 verse 18 Holy Bible
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.
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He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.
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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].
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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.
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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.
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That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
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He is giving back `what' he laboured for, And doth not consume `it'; As a bulwark `is' his exchange, and he exults not.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - That which he laboured for he shall restore. Even that which he gets by his own honest labour he shall have to part with and give up. He shall not swallow it down; i.e. "shall not absorb it, and make it his own." According to his substance shall the restitution be. So Schultens, Professor Lee, and Dr. Stanley Leathes, who understand Zophar as asserting that, in order to compensate those whom he has robbed, the wicked man will have to make over to them all the wealth that is honestly his Others translate, "According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice" (see the Revised Version, and the commentaries of Ewald, Delitzsch, and Dillmann).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) That which he laboured for shall he restore . . .--The latter part of this verse is probably right; but it may be, "According to the substance that he hath gotten he shall not rejoice."