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Job 20:15 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Job 20:15

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13

{Though} he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: {within...: Heb. in the midst of his palate}

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: God shall cast them out of his belly.

16

He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

17

He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. {the floods...: or, streaming brooks}

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