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That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be , and he shall not rejoice therein . (KJV)

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מֵשִׁ֣יבme.Shiv[he is] restoring

Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)

Meaning: to return: return

Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Job 20:18 word 1

יָ֭גָעYa.go'[the] gain

Lemma: יָגָע (ya.ga) · Strong's: H3022

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: toil

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3022; TAHOT Job 20:18 word 2

וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 20:18 word 3

יִבְלָ֑עyiv.La'he swallows [it]

Lemma: בָּלַע (ba.la) · Strong's: H1104

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to swallow up

Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 41:7, Genesis 41:24, Exodus 7:12, Exodus 15:12, Numbers 4:20, Numbers 16:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1104; TAHOT Job 20:18 word 4

כְּחֵ֥ילke.Cheilaccording to [the] wealth of

Lemma: חַ֫יִל (cha.yil) · Strong's: H2428H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: strength: rich

Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 34:29, Numbers 31:9, Deuteronomy 8:17, Deuteronomy 8:18, Deuteronomy 33:11, 1 Samuel 9:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2428H; TAHOT Job 20:18 word 5

תְּ֝מוּרָת֗וֹte.mu.ra.Totrading his

Lemma: תְּמוּרָה (te.mu.rah) · Strong's: H8545

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: exchange

Used 6 times. Also: Leviticus 27:10, Leviticus 27:33, Ruth 4:7, Job 15:31, Job 28:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8545; TAHOT Job 20:18 word 6

וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'<and> not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 20:18 word 7

יַעֲלֹֽס\׃ya.'a.Loshe will rejoice

Lemma: עָלַס (a.las) · Strong's: H5965

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to rejoice

Used 3 times. Also: Job 39:13, Proverbs 7:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5965; TAHOT Job 20:18 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

He must return	→	שׁוּב H7725G to return: return
the fruit of his labor	→	יָגָע H3022 toil
without	→	לֹא H3808 not
consuming it	→	בָּלַע H1104 to swallow up
he cannot	→	לֹא H3808 not
enjoy	→	עָלַס H5965 to rejoice
the profits	→	חַ֫יִל H2428H strength: rich
of his trading	→	תְּמוּרָה H8545 exchange

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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