Job 20:18
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
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shall he restore.

Job 20:10, 15
His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth. . . .

swallow

Job 20:5
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

Proverbs 1:12
let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

Jeremiah 51:34, 44
"Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out. . . .

Lamentations 2:16
All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, "We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!"

Hosea 8:7, 8
Indeed, they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up. . . .

Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample on the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Matthew 23:14, 24
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. . . .

his substance.

Job 31:25, 29
if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much, . . .

Isaiah 24:7-11
The new wine dries up; the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan. . . .

Jeremiah 11:15, 16
What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom, so that you can rejoice? . . .

Jeremiah 22:13, 17
"Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and will not give him his wages, . . .

Ezekiel 7:12
The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitudes.

Hosea 9:1
Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

James 4:8, 9
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. . . .

Parallel Verses
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.
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