Job 20:20-29

Modern English Version

²⁰ “Because he knows no quietness in his belly,
    he will not save anything he desired.
²¹ Nothing is left for him to eat;
    therefore his prosperity will not endure.
²² In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress;
    every hand of misery will come upon him.
²³ When he is about to fill his belly,
    God will cast the fury of His wrath on him
    and will rain it on him while he is eating.
²⁴ 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, the glittering point comes out of his gall.
Terrors are upon him.
²⁶     Total darkness is stored up for his treasures.
An unfanned fire will consume him;
    what is left in his tent will be consumed.
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 wrath.
²⁹ This is the wicked man’s portion from God,
    and the inheritance appointed to him by God.”