Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
His sons shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth.
New American Standard Bible
And his hands
King James Version
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
Holman Bible
for his own hands must give back his wealth.
International Standard Version
His sons will make amends to the poor; their hands will return his wealth.
A Conservative Version
His sons shall seek the favor of the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth.
American Standard Version
His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.
Amplified
“His sons favor the poor [and pay his obligations],
And his hands give back his [ill-gotten] wealth.
Bible in Basic English
His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.
Darby Translation
His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth.
Julia Smith Translation
The weak shall break his sons, and his hands shall turn back his wealth.
King James 2000
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
Lexham Expanded Bible
His children will seek favors from [the] poor, and his hands will return his wealth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"His children shall be fain to agree with the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
NET Bible
His sons must recompense the poor; his own hands must return his wealth.
New Heart English Bible
His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.
The Emphasized Bible
His children, shall seek the favour of the poor, and, his own hand, shall give back his wealth.
Webster
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
World English Bible
His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.
Youngs Literal Translation
His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
9 An eye glimpsed him, but will not again; yea, his place shall not see him again. 10 His sons shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth. 11 His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it lies down with him in the dust.
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Cross References
Job 20:18
giving back his gain, and he will not eat. As to the wealth of his trading, even he shall not enjoy it.
Exodus 9:2
For if you refuse to let them go, and will hold them still,
Exodus 12:36
And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and they granted their request, and they plundered the Egyptians.
Exodus 22:1
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Exodus 22:3
If the sun is risen upon him, blood is due for him. He should repay in full. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
2 Samuel 12:6
And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, nor is there any to deliver them.
Job 27:16-17
Though he heaps up silver like the dust, and prepares clothing like the clay,
Psalm 109:10
Let his sons always beg and be vagabonds, and seek food out of their ruins.
Proverbs 6:31
but if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the goods of his house.
Proverbs 28:3
A poor man who crushes the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Luke 19:8
And Zaccheus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor. And in anything I accused anyone falsely, I restore it fourfold.