Job 20:15
13 though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
14 yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
16 He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
17 He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
- KJV
- He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
- WEB
- He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
- ASV
- He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.
- DARBY
- He hath swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
- BLB
- He swallows wealth and vomits it; from his belly God expels it.
- ÅB
- Han slukte gods, og han må spy det ut igjen; Gud driver det ut av hans buk.
- OTB
- Han sluker rikdom,
men vil spy den opp;
Gud vil tvinge den ut av hans mage. - B1930
- Han slukte gods, og han må spy det ut igjen; Gud driver det ut av hans buk.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 23:8
You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Read in contextMatthew 27:3–4
When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
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