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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  1. Job 20:28 Or The possessions in his house will be carried off, / washed away

20 They were always greedy and never satisfied.
    Nothing remains of all the things they dreamed about.
21 Nothing is left after they finish gorging themselves.
    Therefore, their prosperity will not endure.

22 “In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble
    and be overcome by misery.
23 May God give them a bellyful of trouble.
    May God rain down his anger upon them.
24 When they try to escape an iron weapon,
    a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce them.
25 The arrow is pulled from their back,
    and the arrowhead glistens with blood.[a]
The terrors of death are upon them.
26     Their treasures will be thrown into deepest darkness.
A wildfire will devour their goods,
    consuming all they have left.
27 The heavens will reveal their guilt,
    and the earth will testify against them.
28 A flood will sweep away their house.
    God’s anger will descend on them in torrents.
29 This is the reward that God gives the wicked.
    It is the inheritance decreed by God.”

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  1. 20:25 Hebrew with gall.