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Job 20:20-29
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20 “Surely he will have no respite from his craving;(A)
    he cannot save himself by his treasure.(B)
21 Nothing is left for him to devour;
    his prosperity will not endure.(C)
22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;(D)
    the full force of misery will come upon him.(E)
23 When he has filled his belly,(F)
    God will vent his burning anger(G) against him
    and rain down his blows on him.(H)
24 Though he flees(I) from an iron weapon,
    a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.(J)
25 He pulls it out of his back,
    the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors(K) will come over him;(L)
26     total darkness(M) lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire(N) unfanned will consume him(O)
    and devour what is left in his tent.(P)
27 The heavens will expose his guilt;
    the earth will rise up against him.(Q)
28 A flood will carry off his house,(R)
    rushing waters[a] on the day of God’s wrath.(S)
29 Such is the fate God allots the wicked,
    the heritage appointed for them by God.”(T)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:28 Or The possessions in his house will be carried off, / washed away
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Job 20:20-29
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20 Because he has not known satisfaction in his stomach,
he lets nothing escape that he desires.[a]
21 There is nothing left after he has eaten;[b]
therefore his prosperity will not endure.
22 In the fullness of his excess he will be in distress;[c]
all of misery’s power will come upon him.
23 When his stomach fills up,[d] God will send his burning anger[e] upon him,
and he will let it rain down upon him[f] as his food.
24 “He will flee from an iron weapon,
but an arrow of bronze will pierce him.
25 He draws it forth, and it comes out from his body,
and the glittering point comes from his gall-bladder;
terrors come upon him.
26 Total darkness[g] is hidden for his treasures;[h]
an unfanned fire[i] will devour him;
the remnant[j] will be consumed[k] in his tent.
27 The heavens will reveal his guilt,
and the earth will rise up against him.
28 The products of his house will be carried away[l]
like gushing waters[m] on the day of his wrath.
29 This is a wicked human being’s portion from God
and the inheritance of his decree from God.”[n]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:20 Literally “in his desire he does not let be saved”
  2. Job 20:21 Literally “There is not a remnant at his eating”
  3. Job 20:22 Literally “it will be in distress for him”
  4. Job 20:23 Literally “It will be to fill up his stomach”
  5. Job 20:23 Literally “the blaze of his nose/anger”
  6. Job 20:23 Or “them”
  7. Job 20:26 Literally “All darkness”
  8. Job 20:26 Or “His treasures are hidden by total darkness”
  9. Job 20:26 Literally “a fire not fanned”
  10. Job 20:26 Of his treasures
  11. Job 20:26 Literally “will be evil,” or “will be bad”
  12. Job 20:28 Or “the produce of his house will go away into exile”
  13. Job 20:28 Or “by gushing waters”
  14. Job 20:29 Or “and the inheritance decreed for him by God” (compare ESV, NJPS)
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