Job 20:20
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And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.

Surely

Ecclesiastes 5:13,14 There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner. . . .

Isaiah 57:20,21 But the wicked are like the raging sea, which cannot rest, and the waves thereof cast up dirt and mire. . . .

feel.

Context
Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked
19Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build. 20And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.21There was nothing left of his meat, and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods:…
Cross References
Job 20:15
The riches which he hath swallowed, he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly.

Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is also another grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun: riches kept to the hurt of the owner.

Lexicon
Because
כִּ֤י ׀ (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

his appetite
בְּבִטְנ֑וֹ (bə·ḇiṭ·nōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything

is never
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

satisfied,
יָדַ֣ע (yā·ḏa‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

he cannot
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

escape
יְמַלֵּֽט׃ (yə·mal·lêṭ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks

with his treasure.
בַּ֝חֲמוּד֗וֹ (ba·ḥă·mū·ḏōw)
Preposition-b, Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2530: To desire, take pleasure in


Additional Translations
Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire.

Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.

Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

"Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.

For he hath not known ease in his belly. With his desirable thing he delivereth not himself.
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