Job 20:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.”

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BSBPD

“He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 20:15 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 23:8You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
  2. Jeremiah 51:44I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
  3. Matthew 27:3When 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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