King James Version
Job 20:15 in the King James Version says “He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.” — study this verse from Job chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.”
Job 20:15 · KJV
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: within: Heb. in the midst of his palate
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. the floods: or, streaming brooks
KJV Study — Public Domain
“riches”
H2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
“He hath swallowed down”
H1104to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
“of his belly”
H990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
“shall cast them out”
H3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish
“God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
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