Catholic Public Domain Version
"He will be repaid for all he has done, yet he will not be consumed; according to the multitude of his schemes, so also will he suffer. "
— Job 20:18, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice. ”
“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.”
“He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.”
“He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer.”
“He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.”
“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.”
The riches that he devours, he will vomit up, and from his stomach God will draw them out.
He will suck the head of snakes, and the tongue of the viper will kill him.
(May he never see the streams of the river, the torrents of honey and butter.)
He will be repaid for all he has done, yet he will not be consumed; according to the multitude of his schemes, so also will he suffer.
For, having broken in, he stripped the poor. He has quickly stolen away a house he did not build.
And yet his stomach will not be satisfied, and when he has the things he desires, he will not be able to possess them.
Nothing remained of his portion, and, because of this, nothing will continue of his kind.