Job 20:15

Job 20:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
• New International Version (NIV)He will spit out the riches he swallowed; God will make his stomach vomit them up.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He swallows down riches And vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.

Context of Job 20:15

13though he cherishes it and will not let it go but keeps it in his mouth, 14yet the food in his stomach turns into cobras’ venom inside him. He swallows wealth but must vomit it up; God will force it from his stomach. 16He will suck the poison of cobras; a viper’s fangs will kill him. 17He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and curds.

Job 20:15 word by word

חַ֣יִל בָּ֭לַע וַיְקִאֶ֑נּוּ מִ֝בִּטְנ֗וֹ יוֹרִשֶׁ֥נּוּ אֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He hath swallowed downבָּלַעbâla‛ · to swallow upH1104
• richesחַ֫יִלchayil · strength: richH2428
• and he shall vomit them up againקִיאqô' qâyâh · to vomitH6958
• Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• shall cast them outיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• of his bellyבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: abdomenH990

Cross-references for Job 20:15

• Proverbs 23:8You will vomit the little you’ve eaten and waste your pleasant words.
• Matthew 27:3Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

Commentaries on Job 20:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15He shall vomit them up again - This is also an allusion to an effect of most ordinary poisons; they occasion a nausea, and often excruciating vomiting; nature striving to eject what it knows, if retained, will be its bane.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15He hath swallowed down riches - He has “glutted” down riches - or gormandized them - or devoured them greedily. The Hebrew word בלע bela‛ means “to absorb, to devour with the idea of greediness.” It is descriptive of the voracity of a wild beast, and means here that he had devoured them eagerly, or voraciously. And he shall vomit - As an epicure does that which he has drunk or swallowed with delight. “Noyes.” The idea is, that he shall lose that which he…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 The miserable condition of the wicked man in this world is fully set forth. The lusts of the flesh are here called the sins of his youth. His hiding it and keeping it under his tongue, denotes concealment of his beloved lust, and delight therein. But He who knows what is in the heart, knows what is under the tongue, and will discover it. The love of the world, and of the wealth of it, also is wickedness, and man sets his heart upon these…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-16venom of cobras … poison of cobras … vipers: In the end, evil people harm only themselves, not others (Matthew 3:7; Romans 3:13; Proverbs 23:29–35).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. He is forced to disgorge his ill-gotten wealth.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 20:15

• Covetousness
• Hypocrisy
• Pleasure
• Sin
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• God
• Rain
• Short
• Belly
• Zophar

Commentaries on Job 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings