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Job 20:18-20
Contemporary English Version

18 Their hard work will result
    in nothing gained,
19 because they cheated the poor
    and took their homes.

20 Greedy people want everything
    and are never satisfied.[a]

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  1. 20.20 are never satisfied: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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Job 20:18-20
New International Version

18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;(A)
    he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.(B)
19 For he has oppressed the poor(C) and left them destitute;(D)
    he has seized houses(E) he did not build.

20 “Surely he will have no respite from his craving;(F)
    he cannot save himself by his treasure.(G)

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