Job 20:12-19

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹² “Though evil is sweet in his mouth
and he hides it under his tongue….
¹³ Though he savors it and won’t let go of it
and he holds it on the roof of his mouth,
¹⁴ the food in his belly turns sour.
It becomes snake venom in his stomach.
¹⁵ He vomits up the riches that he swallowed.
God forces them out of his stomach.
¹⁶ The godless person sucks the poison of snakes.
A viper’s fang kills him.
¹⁷ He won’t be able to drink from the streams
or from the rivers of honey and buttermilk.
¹⁸ He will give back what he earned without enjoying it.
He will get no joy from the profits of his business
¹⁹ because he crushed and abandoned the poor.
He has taken by force a house that he didn’t build.