Job 20:18 (Brenton): He has labored unprofitably and in vain, for wealth of which he shall not taste: It is as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow.
Septuagint (LXX) interlinear — Job 20:18
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- εἰς eis in into, in preposition G1519
- κενὰ kena vain empty, vain adjective, Acc Plur Neut G2756
- καὶ kai and and, even conjunction G2532
- μάταια mataia vain vain, unproductive adjective, Acc Plur Neut G3152
- ἐκοπίασεν ekopiasen grow weary, toil verb, Aor Act Ind 3rd Sing G2872
- πλοῦτον plouton wealth riches, wealth noun, Acc Sing Masc G4149
- ἐξ ex of from out, out from among preposition G1537
- οὗ hou which who, which pronoun, relative, Gen Sing Masc G3739
- οὐ ou not no, not adverb G3756
- γεύσεται geusetai taste taste, experience verb, Fut Mid Ind 3rd Sing G1089
- ὥσπερ hosper as just as, as adverb G5618
- στρίφνος striphnos hard meat noun, Nom Sing Masc Source ID G445718
- ἀμάσητος amasetos unchewed adjective, Nom Sing Masc Source ID G445719
- ἀκατάποτος akatapotos swallow not to be swallowed adjective, Nom Sing Masc Source ID G445720
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