Job 20:18
The fruits of his toil he shall give back, and shall not enjoy them: It is substance to be restored, and he shall not rejoice therein.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17He shall never see the flowing streams, And the rivers of honey and milk.
19Because he hath oppressed and abandoned the poor, And seized upon the house which he did not build;
Cross References
Job 20:10His sons shall seek the favor of the poor, And their hands shall give back his wealth.
Job 31:25If I have rejoiced, because my wealth was great, And my hand had found abundance;
Proverbs 1:12Let us swallow them up alive, like the underworld, Yea, in full health, as those that go down into the pit;
Jeremiah 11:15What hath my beloved to do in my house, While many pollute it with wickedness? The holy flesh shall pass away from thee, For when thou doest evil, thou rejoicest.
Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thy heart are only upon thine own gain, And the shedding of innocent blood, And deeds of violence and oppression.
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 →