JOB 20:18 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) They will return what they’ve gained and not swallow it down.
⇔ ≈They won’t get any enjoyment from the profits of their trading.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Εἰς κενὰ καὶ μάταια ἐκοπίασε, πλοῦτον ἐξ οὗ οὐ γεύσεται· ὥσπερ στρίφνος ἀμάσητος, ἀκατάποτος.
(Eis kena kai mataia ekopiase, plouton ex hou ou geusetai; hōsper strifnos amasaʸtos, akatapotos. )

BrTr He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, for wealth of which he shall not taste: it is as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow.

ULT He will return his gain and will not consume it,
⇔ and he will not have enjoyment according to the wealth of his commerce.

UST Wicked people will have to give back the things that they acquired dishonestly.
⇔ They will not be able to continue using those things.
⇔ They will not have the opportunity to enjoy the things they got by doing business,

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

OEB His increasing gain brings him no gladness;
⇔ His traffickling yields him no joy;

WEBBE He will restore that for which he laboured, and will not swallow it down.
⇔ He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.

WMBB (Same as above)

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

LSV He is giving back [what] he labored for, and does not consume [it]; As a bulwark [is] his exchange, and he does not exult.

FBV They will have to give back what they have gained and will not have any benefit;[fn] they will not enjoy any of their profits.

20:18 Literally, “will not swallow it down.”

T4T They will be forced to give back the things that they stole from the poor;
⇔ they will not be able to continue to enjoy those things.
⇔ They will not remain happy because of what they got from their businesses,

LEB • the products of his toil, he will not swallow;[fn] according to the profit of his trade,[fn]

20:1 Hebrew “and he will not swallow”

20:1 Literally “and he will not taste”

BBE He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS That which he laboured for shall he give back, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

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.

DRA He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer.

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

Drby That which he laboured for shall he restore, and not swallow down; its restitution shall be according to the value, and he shall not rejoice [therein].

RV 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.

Wbstr That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it : according to his substance shall the restitution be , and he shall not rejoice in it .

KJB-1769 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.[fn]

20.18 his…: Heb. the substance of his exchange

KJB-1611 [fn]That which he laboured for, shall he restore, & shall not swallow it downe: according to his substance shall the restitution bee, and hee shall not reioyce therein.
(That which he laboured for, shall he restore, and shall not swallow it downe: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.)

20:18 Hebr. according to the substance of his exchange.

Bshps The thing he hath laboured for, shall he restore, and shall not eate of it: great trauaile shall he make for riches, but he shall not enioy them.
(The thing he hath/has laboured for, shall he restore, and shall not eat of it: great trauaile shall he make for riches, but he shall not enioy them.)

Gnva He shall restore the labour, and shall deuoure no more: euen according to the substance shalbe his exchange, and he shall enioy it no more.
(He shall restore the labour, and shall devour no more: even according to the substance shall be his exchange, and he shall enioy it no more. )

Cvdl But laboure shal he, & yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shal he make for riches, but he shal not enioye them.
(But laboure shall he, and yet have nothing to eat. Greate trauayle shall he make for riches, but he shall not enioye them.)

Wycl He schal suffre peyne for alle thingis whiche he hath do, netheles he schal not be wastid; aftir the multitude of his fyndyngis, so and `he schal suffre.
(He shall suffer peyne for all things which he hath/has do, netheles he shall not be wastid; after the multitude of his fyndyngis, so and `he shall suffre.)

Luth Er wird arbeiten und des nicht genießen; und seine Güter werden andern, daß er deren nicht froh wird.
(He becomes arbeiten and the not genießen; and his Güter become andern, that he deren not froh wird.)

ClVg Luet quæ fecit omnia, nec tamen consumetur: juxta multitudinem adinventionum suarum, sic et sustinebit.[fn]
(Luet which he_did everything, but_not tamen consumetur: next_to multitudinem adinventionum suarum, so and sustinebit. )

20.18 Luet quæ fecit omnia. Persolvet enim in tormento ea quæ hic illicita servavit desideria, nec in morte consumetur, sed ut sine fine crucietur, vivere sine fine compellitur, ut cujus vita hic mortua fuit in culpa, illic ejus mors vivat in pœna. Dicat ergo, luet quæ fecit omnia, nec tamen consumetur, quia cruciatur et non exstinguitur: moritur et vivit, deficit et subsistit semper, et sine fine est.

20.18 Luet which he_did omnia. Persolvet because in tormento ea which this illicita servavit desideria, but_not in morte consumetur, but as without fine crucietur, vivere without fine compellitur, as cuyus vita this mortua fuit in culpa, illic his mors he_lives in pœna. Dicat therefore, luet which he_did everything, but_not tamen consumetur, because cruciatur and not/no exstinguitur: moritur and vivit, deficit and subsistit semper, and without fine it_is.

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