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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 20:18 in context
Job 20:15–21
15
He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again.
God will cast them out of his belly.
16
He will suck cobra venom.
The viper’s tongue will kill him.
17
He will not look at the rivers,
the flowing streams of honey and butter.
18
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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.
19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor.
He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
20
“Because he knew no quietness within him,
he will not save anything of that in which he delights.
21
There was nothing left that he didn’t devour,
therefore his prosperity will not endure.
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