20 “Because(A) he knows no quietness in his [a]heart,
He will not save anything he desires.
21 Nothing is left for him to eat;
Therefore his well-being will not last.
22 In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress;
Every hand of [b]misery will come against him.
23 When he is about to fill his stomach,
God will cast on him the fury of His wrath,
And will rain it on him while he is eating.
24 (B)He will flee from the iron weapon;
A bronze bow will pierce him through.
25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body;
Yes, (C)the glittering point comes out of his [c]gall.
(D)Terrors come upon him;
26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.
(E)An unfanned fire will consume him;
It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.
27 The heavens will reveal his iniquity,
And the earth will rise up against him.
28 The increase of his house will depart,
And his goods will flow away in the day of His (F)wrath.
29 (G)This is the portion from God for a wicked man,
The heritage appointed to him by God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:20 Lit. belly
  2. Job 20:22 Or the wretched or sufferer
  3. Job 20:25 Gallbladder

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