Job 20:15-20 | MHM | STEP | v. 15 : The wicked person’s wealth will not last. He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly . Even though he greedily takes as much as he can, he will be forced to give it all back, often in a painful and shameful way.

‏ Job 20:15-20

v. 15: The wicked person’s wealth will not last. He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly . Even though he greedily takes as much as he can, he will be forced to give it all back, often in a painful and shameful way.

v. 16: The things he thought would make him happy will destroy him. He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him . Sin is deadly, and what seemed good at first becomes his ruin.

v. 17: He will not enjoy the good things he hoped for. He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter . The wicked person expects a life of luxury, but all these pleasures are only a dream and will not come true.

v. 18: He will have to give back everything he gained through injustice. That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down . What he took by force or trickery will be returned. He will not enjoy the wealth he worked so hard to get.

v. 19: This person is punished for hurting others. He has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has violently taken away a house he did not build . He did not care for the needy, but instead cheated them and took what was not his, like Ahab taking Naboth’s vineyard (1 Kings 21:15-16 ^a).

v. 20: The wicked person is never satisfied. Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly; he shall not save of that which he desired . No matter how much he gets, he is restless and anxious. He finds no peace inside himself.