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13 “This is the portion of the wicked with God
    and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty:[a](A)
14 If their children are multiplied, it is for the sword,
    and their offspring have not enough to eat.(B)
15 Those who survive them the pestilence buries,
    and their widows make no lamentation.(C)
16 Though they heap up silver like dust
    and pile up clothing like clay,(D)
17 they may pile it up, but the just will wear it,
    and the innocent will divide the silver.(E)
18 They build their houses like nests,
    like booths made by sentinels of the vineyard.
19 They go to bed with wealth but will do so no more;
    they open their eyes, and it is gone.(F)
20 Terrors overtake them like a flood;
    in the night a whirlwind carries them off.(G)
21 The east wind lifts them up, and they are gone;
    it sweeps them out of their place.(H)
22 It[b] hurls at them without pity;
    they flee from its[c] power in headlong flight.(I)
23 It[d] claps its[e] hands at them
    and hisses at them from its[f] place.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. 27.13 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
  2. 27.22 Or He (that is, God)
  3. 27.22 Or his
  4. 27.23 Or He (that is, God)
  5. 27.23 Or his
  6. 27.23 Or his

13 “Here is the fate God allots to the wicked,
    the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:(A)
14 However many his children,(B) their fate is the sword;(C)
    his offspring will never have enough to eat.(D)
15 The plague will bury those who survive him,
    and their widows will not weep for them.(E)
16 Though he heaps up silver like dust(F)
    and clothes like piles of clay,(G)
17 what he lays up(H) the righteous will wear,(I)
    and the innocent will divide his silver.(J)
18 The house(K) he builds is like a moth’s cocoon,(L)
    like a hut(M) made by a watchman.
19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;(N)
    when he opens his eyes, all is gone.(O)
20 Terrors(P) overtake him like a flood;(Q)
    a tempest snatches him away in the night.(R)
21 The east wind(S) carries him off, and he is gone;(T)
    it sweeps him out of his place.(U)
22 It hurls itself against him without mercy(V)
    as he flees headlong(W) from its power.(X)
23 It claps its hands(Y) in derision
    and hisses him out of his place.”(Z)

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13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

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