Job 20:18 BSB — MannaFest

Job 20:18

He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

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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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That which he laboureth for shall he restore - I prefer here the reading of the Arabic, which is also supported by the Syriac, and is much nearer to the Hebrew text than the common version. He shall return to labor, but he shall not eat; he shall toil, and not be permitted to enjoy the fruit of his labor. The whole of this verse Mr. Good thus translates: - “To labor shall he return, but he shall not eat. A dearth his recompense: yea, nothing shall he taste.” It may be inquired how Mr. Good arrives at this meaning.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

To be made to restore what was unjustly gotten, by the sanctifying grace of God, as Zaccheus was, is a great mercy; he voluntarily and cheerfully restored four-fold, and yet had a great deal left to give to the poor, Luke xix.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Image from food which is taken away from one before he can swallow it. restitution--(So Pr 6:31). The parallelism favors the English Version rather than the translation of GESENIUS, "As a possession to be restored in which he rejoices not." he shall not rejoice--His enjoyment of his ill-gotten gains shall then be at an end (Job 20:5).

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מֵשִׁ֣יב	me.Shiv	[he is] restoring	H7725 →
יָ֭גָע	Ya.go'	[the] gain	H3022 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
יִבְלָ֑ע	yiv.La'	he swallows [it]	H1104 →
כְּחֵ֥יל	ke.Cheil	according to [the] wealth of	H2428 →
תְּ֝מוּרָת֗וֹ	te.mu.ra.To	trading his	H8545 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	<and> not	H3808 →
יַעֲלֹֽס׃	ya.'a.Los	he will rejoice	H5965 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 20:15
He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
leads to
- Proverbs 23:8
  You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
- Matthew 27:3–4
  When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
Through
Jeremiah 22:13
“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
leads to
- James 5:4
  Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
- Micah 3:10
  who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
- Leviticus 19:13
  You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
- Deuteronomy 24:14–15
  Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
Through
Jeremiah 51:44
I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:58
  This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will…
Through
Proverbs 1:12
let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
leads to
- Psalms 124:3
  when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job