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Job 20:20

NETBible	For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite;¹ he does not let anything he desires² escape.³
NIV © biblegateway Job 20:20	"Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.
NASB © biblegateway Job 20:20	"Because he knew no quiet within him, He does not retain anything he desires.
NLT © biblegateway Job 20:20	He was always greedy but never satisfied. Of all the things he dreamed about, nothing remains.
MSG © biblegateway Job 20:20	"Such God-denying people are never content with what they have or who they are; their greed drives them relentlessly.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 20:20	There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 20:20	"They knew no quiet in their bellies; in their greed they let nothing escape.
NKJV © biblegateway Job 20:20	"Because he knows no quietness in his heart, He will not save anything he desires.
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KJV	Surely he shall not feel <03045> (8804) quietness <07961> in his belly <0990>_, he shall not save <04422> (8762) of that which he desired <02530> (8803)_. {feel: Heb. know}
NASB © biblegateway Job 20:20	"Because <03588> he knew <03045> no <03808> quiet <07961> within <0990> him, He does not retain <04422> anything he desires <02530> .
LXXM	ouk <3364> ADV estin <1510> V-PAI-3S autou <846> D-GSM swthria <4991> N-NSF toiv <3588> T-DPN uparcousin <5225> V-PAPDP en <1722> PREP epiyumia <1939> N-DSF autou <846> D-GSM ou <3364> ADV swyhsetai <4982> V-FPI-3S
NET [draft] ITL	For <03588> he knows <03045> no <03808> satisfaction <07961> in his appetite <0990> ; he does not <03808> let anything he desires <02530> escape <04422> .
HEBREW	jlmy <04422> al <03808> wdwmxb <02530> wnjbb <0990> wls <07961> edy <03045> al <03808> yk (20:20) <03588>

NETBible

For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite;¹ he does not let anything he desires² escape.³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “belly,” which represents his cravings, his desires and appetites. The “satisfaction” is actually the word for “quiet; peace; calmness; ease.” He was driven by greedy desires, or he felt and displayed an insatiable greed.

²tn The verb is the passive participle of the verb חָמַד (khamad) which is one of the words for “covet; desire.” This person is controlled by his desires; there is no escape. He is a slave.

³tn The verb is difficult to translate in this line. It basically means “to cause to escape; to rescue.” Some translate this verb as “it is impossible to escape”; this may work, but is uncertain. Others translate the verb in the sense of saving something else: N. Sarna says, “Of his most cherished possessions he shall save nothing” (“The Interchange of the Preposition bet and min in Biblical Hebrew,” JBL 78 [1959]: 315-16). The RSV has “he will save nothing in which he delights”; NIV has “he cannot save himself by his treasure.”