Job 20:20-29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 “For they knew no quiet in their bellies;
in their greed they let nothing escape.(A)
21 There was nothing left after they had eaten;
therefore their prosperity will not endure.(B)
22 In full sufficiency they will be in distress;
all the force of misery will come upon them.
23 To fill their belly to the full,
God[a] will send his fierce anger into them
and rain it upon them as their food.(C)
24 They will flee from an iron weapon;
a bronze arrow will strike them through.(D)
25 It is drawn forth and comes out of their body,
and the glittering point comes out of their gall;
terrors come upon them.(E)
26 Utter darkness is laid up for their treasures;
a fire fanned by no one will devour them;
what is left in their tent will be consumed.(F)
27 The heavens will reveal their iniquity,
and the earth will rise up against them.(G)
28 The possessions of their house will be carried away,
dragged off in the day of God’s[b] wrath.(H)
29 This is the portion of the wicked from God,
the heritage decreed for them by God.”(I)
Job 20:20-29
International Standard Version
20 “Since his appetite won’t quit;[a]
he won’t let anything escape his lust.[b]
21 Because nothing was left for him to devour,
therefore his prosperity won’t last.
22 Even though he is satiated and self-sufficient, he suffers—
everyone in any sort of trouble will attack him.
23 “It will come about that,
when he has filled himself to the full,
God[c] will vent his burning anger on him;
he will pour it out on him and on his body.
24 Though he dodges an iron weapon,
a bronze arrow will pierce him.
25 It will impale him and come out through his back;
the point will glisten as it protrudes through his gall bladder,
and he will be terrified.
26 “Total darkness has been reserved for his treasures;
a fire that has no need to be kindled will devour him
and consume whatever remains in his possession.[d]
27 Heaven will reveal his iniquity,
while the earth will rise up against him.
28 A flood will wash away his house;
dragging it away when God becomes angry.
29 This is what the wicked person inherits from God;
it is the inheritance that God appoints for him.”
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