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God won’t let them keep it down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/20.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/20.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/20.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He swallows down riches And vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“He swallows riches, But will vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/20.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220He swallows riches, But will vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“He swallows riches, But will vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He swallows up wealth, But will vomit it up; God will expel it from his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“He swallows [his ill-gotten] riches, But will vomit them up; God will drive them out of his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He swallows wealth but must vomit it up; God will force it from his stomach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He swallows wealth but must vomit it up; God will force it from his stomach. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/20.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then God will make them lose the wealth they gobbled up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/20.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He vomits up the riches that he swallowed. God forces them out of his stomach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/20.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The wicked vomit up the wealth they stole; God takes it back, even out of their stomachs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/20.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Though he swallows wealth, he will vomit it; God will dislodge it from his stomach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/20.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/20.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He has swallowed wealth, and vomits it. God drives it out from his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit it up, and God shall drive it out of his belly.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The riches which he hath swallowed; he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The riches that he devours, he will vomit up, and from his stomach God will draw them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/20.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The riches he swallowed he shall vomit up; God shall make his belly disgorge them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They swallow down riches and vomit them up again; God casts them out of their bellies.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The riches which he had swallowed down, he shall vomit up out of his belly; and God shall destroy him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the food that he swallowed he will vomit from his belly and God will destroy him<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>His</i> wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger <i>of</i> <i>wrath</i> shall drag him out of his house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/20-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3078" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/20.htm">Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1104.htm" title="1104: bā·la‘ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To swallow down, swallow up, engulf. A primitive root; to make away with; generally, to destroy.">He swallows</a> <a href="/hebrew/2428.htm" title="2428: ḥa·yil (N-ms) -- From chuwl; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength.">wealth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6958.htm" title="6958: way·qi·’en·nū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3mse) -- Spue out, vomit out, up, up again. Or qayah; a primitive root; to vomit.">but vomits it out;</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’êl (N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: yō·w·ri·šen·nū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms:: 3mse) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">will force it</a> <a href="/hebrew/990.htm" title="990: mib·biṭ·nōw (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- From an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything.">from his stomach.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/13-11.htm">Proverbs 13:11</a></span><br />Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/21-6.htm">Proverbs 21:6</a></span><br />Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-11.htm">Jeremiah 17:11</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/62-10.htm">Psalm 62:10</a></span><br />Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-13.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:13-14</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-20.htm">Luke 12:20-21</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-20</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/10-2.htm">Proverbs 10:2</a></span><br />Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a></span><br />Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-19.htm">Ezekiel 7:19</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-18.htm">Zephaniah 1:18</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-23.htm">Matthew 19:23-24</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/10-23.htm">Mark 10:23-25</a></span><br />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.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.</p><p class="hdg">swallowed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/23-8.htm">Proverbs 23:8</a></b></br> The morsel <i>which</i> thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/27-3.htm">Matthew 27:3,4</a></b></br> 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, … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/15-35.htm">Belly</a> <a href="/job/19-12.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/job/16-11.htm">Casts</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-20.htm">Driveth</a> <a href="/judges/11-7.htm">Expel</a> <a href="/job/20-14.htm">Food</a> <a href="/job/18-18.htm">Forced</a> <a href="/esther/5-11.htm">Riches</a> <a href="/job/12-24.htm">Sends</a> <a href="/job/17-6.htm">Spit</a> <a href="/job/20-14.htm">Stomach</a> <a href="/job/6-3.htm">Swallowed</a> <a href="/numbers/16-30.htm">Swallows</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-22.htm">Vomit</a> <a href="/job/20-10.htm">Wealth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/20-20.htm">Belly</a> <a href="/job/20-23.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/15-3.htm">Casts</a> <a href="/psalms/1-4.htm">Driveth</a> <a href="/matthew/12-27.htm">Expel</a> <a href="/job/20-18.htm">Food</a> <a href="/job/20-18.htm">Forced</a> <a href="/job/20-18.htm">Riches</a> <a href="/job/20-23.htm">Sends</a> <a href="/job/30-10.htm">Spit</a> <a href="/job/32-19.htm">Stomach</a> <a href="/job/37-20.htm">Swallowed</a> <a href="/job/39-24.htm">Swallows</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-8.htm">Vomit</a> <a href="/job/20-20.htm">Wealth</a><div class="vheading2">Job 20</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/20-1.htm">Zophar shows the state and portion of the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/20.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/20.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He swallows wealth</b><br>This phrase suggests the insatiable greed and consumption of wealth by the wicked. In the context of Job, it reflects the belief that those who accumulate wealth unjustly will ultimately find it unsatisfying. The imagery of "swallowing" wealth can be connected to the broader biblical theme of the futility of earthly riches, as seen in <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10</a>, where it is stated that those who love money will never have enough.<p><b>but vomits it out;</b><br>The act of vomiting wealth indicates a forced expulsion, suggesting that ill-gotten gains will not remain with the wicked. This can be seen as a divine retribution where the wealth that was greedily consumed is forcibly removed. This imagery is consistent with the biblical principle that what is unjustly gained will not bring lasting satisfaction or security, as echoed in <a href="/proverbs/13-11.htm">Proverbs 13:11</a>, which speaks of wealth gained hastily diminishing.<p><b>God will force it from his stomach.</b><br>This phrase emphasizes divine intervention and justice. It is God who ensures that the wicked cannot retain their ill-gotten wealth. This reflects the biblical theme of God's sovereignty and justice, where He acts to uphold righteousness. The imagery of God forcing wealth from the stomach underscores the inevitability of divine judgment. This can be related to the broader biblical narrative of God's justice, as seen in the story of the rich fool in <a href="/luke/12-16.htm">Luke 12:16-21</a>, where God calls the man to account for his misplaced trust in wealth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/z/zophar_the_naamathite.htm">Zophar the Naamathite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. Zophar is known for his harsh and direct speeches, often emphasizing God's justice and the consequences of wickedness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure of the Book of Job, a man known for his righteousness and suffering. Job's account is a profound exploration of faith, suffering, and divine justice.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate authority and judge in the account. God's role is central in the unfolding of Job's trials and the eventual restoration.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/wealth.htm">Wealth</a></b><br>In this context, wealth symbolizes the material gains and prosperity that the wicked might acquire unjustly.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/justice.htm">Justice</a></b><br>An underlying theme in Zophar's speech, emphasizing the divine retribution that awaits those who gain wealth through unrighteous means.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_nature_of_ill-gotten_wealth.htm">The Temporary Nature of Ill-Gotten Wealth</a></b><br>Wealth acquired through unjust means is fleeting and ultimately unsatisfying. God ensures that such wealth does not bring lasting joy or security.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice_and_accountability.htm">Divine Justice and Accountability</a></b><br>God holds individuals accountable for their actions, and there is a divine justice that ensures the wicked do not prosper indefinitely.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/contentment_and_righteousness.htm">Contentment and Righteousness</a></b><br>True contentment comes from living a life of righteousness and integrity, rather than pursuing wealth at any cost.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_greed.htm">The Consequences of Greed</a></b><br>Greed leads to destructive outcomes, both spiritually and materially. It is important to guard one's heart against the love of money.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He hath swallowed down riches and he shall vomit them up again</span>. The wicked man shall be made to disgorge his ill-gotten gains. Either fear, or remorse, or a judicial sentence will force him to make restitution (see ver. 10). God shall cast them out of his belly. Whatever is the immediate motive of the restitution: it will really be God's doing. He will cause the fear, or the remorse, or bring about the judicial sentence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/20-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He swallows</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֭לַע</span> <span class="translit">(bā·la‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1104.htm">Strong's 1104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To swallow down, swallow up, engulf</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wealth</span><br /><span class="heb">חַ֣יִל</span> <span class="translit">(ḥa·yil)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2428.htm">Strong's 2428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but vomits it out;</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְקִאֶ֑נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·qi·’en·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6958.htm">Strong's 6958: </a> </span><span class="str2">Spue out, vomit out, up, up again </span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will force it</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹרִשֶׁ֥נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·ri·šen·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from his stomach.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִ֝בִּטְנ֗וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(mib·biṭ·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_990.htm">Strong's 990: </a> </span><span class="str2">The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/20-15.htm">Job 20:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/20-15.htm">Job 20:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/20-15.htm">Job 20:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/20-15.htm">Job 20:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/20-15.htm">Job 20:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/20-15.htm">Job 20:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/20-15.htm">Job 20:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/20-15.htm">Job 20:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/20-15.htm">Job 20:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/20-15.htm">Job 20:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/20-15.htm">OT Poetry: Job 20:15 He has swallowed down riches and he (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/20-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 20:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 20:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/20-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 20:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 20:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>