20And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.


In Context

17 (Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.)

18 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.

19 Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.

20 And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.

21 There was nothing left of his meat, and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods:

22 When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.

Job 20:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:20"Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:20Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:20Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20|Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20For he hath not known ease in his belly. With his desirable thing he delivereth not himself.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.