Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked

Job 20:10

In 11 translations

BSB: His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
KJV: His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.His children…: or, The poor shall oppress his children
WEB: His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.
ASV: His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.
LSV: His sons oppress the poor, || And his hands give back his wealth.
YLT: His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.
DBY: His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth.
DRC: His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render him his sorrow.
GNV: His children shall flatter the poore, and his hands shall restore his substance.
JPS: His children shall appease the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth.
LXXE: Let his inferiors destroy his children, and let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

WLC: בָּ֭נָיו יְרַצּ֣וּ דַלִּ֑ים וְ֝יָדָ֗יו תָּשֵׁ֥בְנָה אוֹנֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br: Τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ ὀλέσαισαν ἥττονες, αἱ δὲ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ πυρσεύσαισαν ὀδύνας.

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From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Job 20:18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
Luke 19:8But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”
Job 27:16–17Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay, what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
2 Samuel 12:6Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
Proverbs 28:3A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Proverbs 6:31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
Exodus 22:3But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.
Exodus 9:2But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,
Exodus 12:36And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.
Psalms 109:10May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
Exodus 22:1“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
Job 5:4His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).