Job 27:13-23

Modern English Version

¹³ “This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
    and the inheritance that oppressors receive from the Almighty:
¹⁴ If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword,
    and his offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
¹⁵ Those who survive him will be buried in death,
    and their widows will not weep.
¹⁶ Though he heaps up silver like the dust
    and piles up clothing like the clay—
¹⁷ he may pile it up, but the just will wear it,
    and the innocent will divide the silver.
¹⁸ He builds his house like a moth,
    and like a booth that the watchman makes.
¹⁹ The rich man will lie down, but he will not be gathered;
    he opens his eyes, and he is not.
²⁰ Terrors overtake him like floodwaters;
    a tempest steals him away in the night.
²¹ The east wind carries him away, and he departs;
    it sweeps him out of his place.
²² For God will cast it upon him and not spare;
    he would flee from its power.
²³ Men will clap their hands at him
    and will hiss him out of his place.