Job 20:18 · KJV
“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}. {his...: Heb. the substance of his exchange}”
— Job 20:18
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. {the floods...: or, streaming brooks}
Because he hath oppressed {and} hath forsaken the poor; {because} he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; {oppressed: Heb. crushed}
Job 20 — Context
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. {the floods...: or, streaming brooks}
18That 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}. {his...: Heb. the substance of his exchange}
19Because he hath oppressed {and} hath forsaken the poor; {because} he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; {oppressed: Heb. crushed}
20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. {feel: Heb. know}
Cross References
Job 20:10
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. {His children...: or, The poor shall oppress his children}
Jeremiah 51:44
And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Job 20:15
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
Jeremiah 22:13
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; {that} useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
Job 31:25
If I rejoiced because my wealth {was} great, and because mine hand had gotten much; {gotten...: Heb. found much}
Matthew 23:24
{Ye} blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Hosea 8:7-8
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. {stalk: or, standing corn}