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Job 20:18

World English Bible

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.

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Job 20:18 in other translations

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.

Job 20:18 · American Standard Version

Job 20:18 in context

  1. 16He will suck cobra venom.
    The viper’s tongue will kill him.
  2. 17He will not look at the rivers,
    the flowing streams of honey and butter.
  3. 18He 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.
  4. 19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor.
    He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
  5. 20“Because he knew no quietness within him,
    he will not save anything of that in which he delights.