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20 “Because he knew no quietness within him,
    he will not save anything of that in which he delights.
21 There was nothing left that he didn’t devour,
    therefore his prosperity will not endure.
22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him.
    The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.
23 When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him.
    It will rain on him while he is eating.
24 He will flee from the iron weapon.
    The bronze arrow will strike him through.
25 He draws it out, and it comes out of his body.
    Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver.
    Terrors are on him.
26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures.
    An unfanned fire will devour him.
    It will consume that which is left in his tent.
27 The heavens will reveal his iniquity.
    The earth will rise up against him.
28 The increase of his house will depart.
    They will rush away in the day of his wrath.
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
    the heritage appointed to him by God.”

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20 “Because(A) he knows no quietness in his [a]heart,
He will not save anything he desires.
21 Nothing is left for him to eat;
Therefore his well-being will not last.
22 In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress;
Every hand of [b]misery will come against him.
23 When he is about to fill his stomach,
God will cast on him the fury of His wrath,
And will rain it on him while he is eating.
24 (B)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, (C)the glittering point comes out of his [c]gall.
(D)Terrors come upon him;
26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.
(E)An unfanned fire will consume him;
It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.
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 (F)wrath.
29 (G)This is the portion from God for a wicked man,
The heritage appointed to him by God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:20 Lit. belly
  2. Job 20:22 Or the wretched or sufferer
  3. Job 20:25 Gallbladder