Job 27:13-23

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹³ This is the allotment a wicked man receives from God,
the inheritance that tyrants receive from the Almighty:
¹⁴ Although his children are many, they are sent to the sword.
His offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
¹⁵ Those who survive will be buried by a plague.
They will be buried, and their widows will not weep.
¹⁶ Though the wicked man piles up silver like dust,
and he accumulates clothing like mounds of clay,
¹⁷ the righteous will wear what he accumulated,
and the innocent will divide his silver.
¹⁸ He has built a house, but it will be like a moth’s cocoon,
like a shack that a watchman has put up.
¹⁹ He goes to bed as a rich man,
but his wealth does not remain.
He opens his eyes, and it is all gone.
²⁰ Terrors sweep over him like floodwaters.
At night, a strong wind carries him away.
²¹ The east wind lifts him up, and off he goes.
It blows him away from his place.
²² It hurls itself at him, and it does not spare him.
He flees from its power as fast as he can.
²³ It mockingly claps its hands at him
and drives him from his place with hissing.