Job 27:13-23

International Children’s Bible

¹³ “Here is what God has planned for evil people.
    This is what cruel people will get from God All-Powerful:
¹⁴ They may have many children, but the sword will kill them.
    The children who are left will never have enough to eat.
¹⁵ Then they will die and be buried.
    And the widows will not even cry for them.
¹⁶ The evil person may heap up silver like piles of dirt.
    He may have so many clothes they are like piles of clay.
¹⁷ But good people will wear what the evil person has gathered.
    And those who are not guilty of wrong will divide up his silver.
¹⁸ The house the evil person builds is like a spider’s web.
    It is like a hut that a guard builds.
¹⁹ The evil person is rich when he goes to bed, but he is rich for the last time.
    When he opens his eyes, everything is gone.
²⁰ Fears come over him like a flood.
    A storm snatches him away in the night.
²¹ The east wind will carry him away, and then he is gone.
    It sweeps him out of his place.
²² The wind will hit the evil person without mercy
    as he tries to run away from its power.
²³ It will be as if the wind is clapping its hands at him.
    It will whistle at him as he runs from his place.