He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, [for] wealth of which he shall not taste: [it is] as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow.
LXX2012
Job 20:18
He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, [for] wealth of which he shall not taste: [it is] as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he can’t swallow.
Parallel Translations
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.
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.
Cross References
Job 20:10Job 20:15Proverbs 1:12Jeremiah 51:44Jeremiah 22:13Matthew 23:13Hosea 8:7–8Jeremiah 11:15–16Matthew 23:24Isaiah 24:7–11Jeremiah 51:34Job 20:5Jeremiah 22:17Job 31:29Job 31:25
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