World English Bible
Job 20:18
“That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.”
Verse in context — Job 20
16
He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.
17
He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
18
That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
20
Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.
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