Job 20:18
Strong's Lexicon
He must return
מֵשִׁ֣יב (mê·šîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: 1) to return, turn back 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn back, return 1a1a) to turn back 1a1b) to return, come or go back 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back 1a1d) of dying 1a1e) of human relations (fig) 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig) 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise 1a1f2) to turn away (of God) 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent 1a1f4) turn back (from evil) 1a1g) of inanimate things 1a1h) in repetition 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to bring back 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig) 1b3) to lead away (enticingly) 1b4) to show turning, apostatise 1c) (Pual) restored (participle) 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense) 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward 1d7) to turn against 1d8) to bring back to mind 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back 1f) (Pulal) brought back

the fruit of his labor
יָ֭גָע (yā·ḡā‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3022: 1) earnings, gain (product of labour)

without
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

consuming it;
יִבְלָ֑ע (yiḇ·lā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1104: 1) to swallow down, swallow up, engulf, eat up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to swallow down 1a2) to swallow up, engulf 1b) (Niphal) to be swallowed up 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to swallow 1c2) to swallow up, engulf 1c3) squandering (fig.) 1d) (Pual) to be swallowed up 1e) (Hithpael) to be ended

he cannot
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

enjoy
יַעֲלֹֽס׃ (ya·‘ă·lōs)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5965: 1) to rejoice 1a) (Qal) to rejoice 1b) (Niphal) to exult 1b1) to flap joyously (of ostrich) 1c) (Hithpael) to delight oneself

the profits
כְּחֵ֥יל (kə·ḥêl)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2428: 1) strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army 1a) strength 1b) ability, efficiency 1c) wealth 1d) force, army

of his trading.
תְּ֝מוּרָת֗וֹ (tə·mū·rā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8545: 1) that which is exchanged, exchange, substitute, recompense

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

Young's Literal Translation
He is giving back [what ] he laboured for, And doth not consume [it]; As a bulwark [is] his exchange, and he exults not.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He must return the fruit of his labor without  consuming it; he doesn’t enjoy the profits from his  trading.

New American Standard Bible
"He returns what he has attained And cannot swallow [it]; As to the riches of his trading, He cannot even enjoy [them].

King James Bible
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].
Parallel Verses
New International Version
What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.

New Living Translation
They will give back everything they worked for. Their wealth will bring them no joy.

English Standard Version
He will give back the fruit of his toil and will not swallow it down; from the profit of his trading he will get no enjoyment.

New American Standard Bible
"He returns what he has attained And cannot swallow it; As to the riches of his trading, He cannot even enjoy them.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he doesn't enjoy the profits from his trading.

International Standard Version
"He will restore what he has attained from his work and won't consume it; he won't enjoy the profits from his business transactions,

NET Bible
He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.

American Standard Version
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.

English Revised Version
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

Young's Literal Translation
He is giving back what he laboured for, And doth not consume it; As a bulwark is his exchange, and he exults not.
















Cross References
Job 20:10
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

Job 20:15
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

Job 27:17
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Job 31:8
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

Proverbs 21:20
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 20:17
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

Job 20:16
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

Job 20:19
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

Job 20:20
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

Job 20:21
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
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