Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He will spit out the riches he swallowed; God will make his stomach vomit them up. New Living Translation They will vomit the wealth they swallowed. God won’t let them keep it down. English Standard Version He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly. Berean Standard Bible He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach. King James Bible He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. New King James Version He swallows down riches And vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly. New American Standard Bible “He swallows riches, But will vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly. NASB 1995 “He swallows riches, But will vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly. NASB 1977 “He swallows riches, But will vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly. Legacy Standard Bible He swallows up wealth, But will vomit it up; God will expel it from his belly. Amplified Bible “He swallows [his ill-gotten] riches, But will vomit them up; God will drive them out of his belly. Christian Standard Bible He swallows wealth but must vomit it up; God will force it from his stomach. Holman Christian Standard Bible He swallows wealth but must vomit it up; God will force it from his stomach. American Standard Version He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly. Contemporary English Version Then God will make them lose the wealth they gobbled up. English Revised Version He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. GOD'S WORD® Translation He vomits up the riches that he swallowed. God forces them out of his stomach. Good News Translation The wicked vomit up the wealth they stole; God takes it back, even out of their stomachs. International Standard Version "Though he swallows wealth, he will vomit it; God will dislodge it from his stomach. Majority Standard Bible He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach. NET Bible The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach. New Heart English Bible He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly. Webster's Bible Translation He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. World English Bible He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHe has swallowed wealth, and vomits it. God drives it out from his belly. Young's Literal Translation Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out. Smith's Literal Translation He swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit it up, and God shall drive it out of his belly. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe riches which he hath swallowed; he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly. Catholic Public Domain Version The riches that he devours, he will vomit up, and from his stomach God will draw them out. New American Bible The riches he swallowed he shall vomit up; God shall make his belly disgorge them. New Revised Standard Version They swallow down riches and vomit them up again; God casts them out of their bellies. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe riches which he had swallowed down, he shall vomit up out of his belly; and God shall destroy him. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the food that he swallowed he will vomit from his belly and God will destroy him OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly. Brenton Septuagint Translation His wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger of wrath shall drag him out of his house. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked…14yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him. 15He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach. 16He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.… Cross References Proverbs 13:11 Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied. Proverbs 21:6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit. Jeremiah 17:11 Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.” Psalm 62:10 Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. Ecclesiastes 5:13-14 There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner, / or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on. James 5:1-3 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. Luke 12:20-21 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ / This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.” Matthew 6:19-20 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 1 Timothy 6:9-10 Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. Proverbs 10:2 Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. Proverbs 11:4 Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. Ezekiel 7:19 They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity. Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth. Matthew 19:23-24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. / Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” Mark 10:23-25 Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!” / And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! / It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” Treasury of Scripture He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. swallowed Proverbs 23:8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. Matthew 27:3,4 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, … Jump to Previous Belly Cast Casts Driveth Expel Food Forced Riches Sends Spit Stomach Swallowed Swallows Vomit WealthJump to Next Belly Cast Casts Driveth Expel Food Forced Riches Sends Spit Stomach Swallowed Swallows Vomit WealthJob 20 1. Zophar shows the state and portion of the wickedHe swallows wealth This phrase paints a vivid picture of greed and the insatiable desire for material gain. The Hebrew word for "swallows" is "bala," which conveys the idea of consuming or devouring eagerly. In the context of Zophar's speech, it suggests a person who accumulates wealth with voracity, driven by a relentless pursuit of riches. Historically, this reflects the ancient Near Eastern view of wealth as a sign of divine favor, yet here it is portrayed negatively, as something consumed without regard for righteousness or justice. but vomits it out God will force it from his stomach Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He swallowsבָּ֭לַע (bā·la‘) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1104: To swallow down, swallow up, engulf wealth חַ֣יִל (ḥa·yil) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength but vomits it out; וַיְקִאֶ֑נּוּ (way·qi·’en·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 6958: Spue out, vomit out, up, up again God אֵֽל׃ (’êl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty will force it יוֹרִשֶׁ֥נּוּ (yō·w·ri·šen·nū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin from his stomach. מִ֝בִּטְנ֗וֹ (mib·biṭ·nōw) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything Links Job 20:15 NIVJob 20:15 NLT Job 20:15 ESV Job 20:15 NASB Job 20:15 KJV Job 20:15 BibleApps.com Job 20:15 Biblia Paralela Job 20:15 Chinese Bible Job 20:15 French Bible Job 20:15 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 20:15 He has swallowed down riches and he (Jb) |
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