King James Version (KJV)
Job 20:18
“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].”
Verse in context — Job 20
16
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
17
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
18
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].
19
Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
20
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
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