Job 20:20-29
Legacy Standard Bible
20 “Because he knew no ease within his belly,
In his covetousness, he does (A)not let anything escape.
21 Nothing remains [a]for him to devour;
Therefore (B)his prosperity does not endure.
22 In the fullness of his plenty he will be confined;
The (C)hand of everyone who is troubled will come against him.
23 So it will be that he (D)fills his belly,
And God will send His burning anger on him
And will (E)rain it on him [b]while he is eating.
24 He may (F)flee from the iron weapon,
But the bronze bow will pierce him.
25 It is drawn forth and comes out of his back,
Even the glittering point from (G)his gall;
(H)Bouts of dread come upon him.
26 Complete (I)darkness is held in reserve for his treasures;
A (J)fire unfanned will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.
27 The (K)heavens will reveal his iniquity,
And the earth will rise up against him.
28 The (L)increase of his house will depart;
His possessions will flow away (M)in the day of His anger.
29 This is the wicked man’s (N)portion from God,
Even the inheritance decreed to him by God.”
Job 20:20-29
Common English Bible
20 didn’t know contentment in their belly;
couldn’t escape with their treasure.
21 Nothing remained of their food,
so their riches will not endure.
22 Even in their plenty, they are hard-pressed;
all sorts of trouble come on them.
23 Let God[a] fill their belly,
unleash his burning anger on them,
rain punishing blows on them.
24 If they flee an iron weapon,
a bronze bow pierces them.
25 They pull it out, but it sticks out from their backs;
its shaft in their liver brings terror.
26 Complete darkness waits for their treasured possessions;
fire that no one stoked consumes them;
what’s left in their tent is ruined.
27 Heaven exposes their guilt;
earth opposes them.
28 Their household wealth will be carried off
by rushing streams on the day of his anger.
29 This is a wicked person’s lot from God,
their heritage decreed by God.
Footnotes
- Job 20:23 Or him
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