Job 20:18
He restoreth what he hath labored for, and will not swallow it down; however much he may have obtained by toil, he will not have any joy of it.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
17He shall not look with pleasure on streams, on flowing brooks of honey and cream.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:33The fruit of thy soil, and all thy exertion, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt only be oppressed and crushed all the days.
Job 20:10His children will suffer oppression from the indigent, and his hands will have to restore his [ill-gotten] wealth.
Job 31:25If ever I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant, and because my hand had gotten much;
Proverbs 1:12We will swallow them up like the grave alive; and the men of integrity, as those that go down into the pit;
Jeremiah 11:15What hath my beloved to do in my house, while she executeth the evil counsel of so many [sinners]? Yea, the holy flesh passeth away from thee; for even with thy wickedness, thou rejoicest still.
Jeremiah 22:17But thy eyes and thy heart are directed on nothing but upon thy own gain, and upon innocent blood to shed it, and upon oppression, and upon extortion, to practise them.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:11-23
Misery of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again:… Read the whole commentary →