John Trapp on Job 20:18

Verſe 18. That which he laboured for ſhall he reſtore.] (Great paines he hath taken to ſmall purpoſe) in hope to make him ſelf happy, the reſult whereof is, Reddet laborem, he ſhall reſtore his labour, either by regret and remorſe of conſcience, or by Law, or by force, he ſhall be made to reſtore his ill-gotten goods, which he had laboured for even to laſſitude; for wicked men are ſore work-men, and oppreſſours are great pains-takers;Nazian. [non-Latin text not transcribed], in getting wealth unweariable.

And ſhall not ſwallow it down] Or if he do, as verſ. 15. it ſhall be but as the fiſh ſwalloweth the hook, or as the Whale ſwallowed Jonah, ill at eaſe till he had laid up again.

According to his ſubſtance Ball the reſtitution be.] hebr. According to the ſubſtance fo his exchange. Opes compenſationis, the riches of his recompence, ſo the word is rendred, chap. 15.31. The Oppreſſor is ſo infatuated, that he looks upon his curſed hoards as the reward of his labour, and rejoyceth in that where of he hath more reaſon to repent, as Leah ſaid at the birth of her ſon Iſſachar, (but not well) God hath given me my hire, becauſe I have given my maiden to my husband, Gen. 30. 18. Felix ſcèlus virtus vocatur: Dionyſius gloryed, that the Gods diſliked not his Sacriledge, becauſe they puniſhed him not preſently. But what faith Zophar here?

He ſhall not rejoyce therein] Or if he do for a while, yet the tryumphing of the wicked is but ſhort, ver. 5. as a blaze of thornes under a pot, or as a flaſh of lightning, which is followed by rending and roaring; he ſhall be filled with unmedicinable ſorrowes, when his Gold (his God) is taken from him, when he parteth with that whereon he had ſet his heart, and built his felicity.