Job 27:13-23

Christian Standard Bible

¹³ This is a wicked man’s lot^(A) from God,
the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
¹⁴ Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;
his descendants will never have enough food.
¹⁵ Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,
yet their widows will not weep for them.^(B)
16 Though he piles up silver like dust
and heaps up fine clothing like clay—
¹⁷ he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide up his silver.^(C)
18 The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon
or a shelter set up by a watchman.^(D)
19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;
when he opens his eyes, it is gone.
²⁰ Terrors overtake him like a flood;^(E)
a storm^(F) wind sweeps him away at night.
²¹ An east wind picks him up, and he is gone;
it carries him away from his place.
²² It blasts at him without mercy,
while he flees desperately from its force.
²³ It claps^(G) its hands at him
and scoffs at him from its place.