Job 24:18-25

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁸ They float^[a] on the surface of the water.
Their section of the land is cursed,
so that they never go to their vineyards.
¹⁹ As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow,
so Sheol^(A) steals those who have sinned.
²⁰ The womb forgets them;
worms feed on them;
they are remembered^(B) no more.
So injustice is broken like a tree.
²¹ They prey on^[b] the childless woman who is unable to conceive,
and do not deal kindly with the widow.
²² Yet God drags away^[c] the mighty by his power;
when he rises up, they have no assurance of life.
²³ He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it,^(C)
but his eyes^(D) watch over their ways.
²⁴ They are exalted for a moment, then gone;
they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else.^[d]
They wither like heads of grain.^(E)

²⁵ If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar^(F)
and show that my speech is worthless?