13 This is a wicked man’s lot(A) from God,
the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
14 Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;
his descendants will never have enough food.
15 Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,
yet their widows will not weep for them.(B)
16 Though he piles up silver like dust
and heaps up fine clothing like clay—
17 he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide up his silver.(C)
18 The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon
or a shelter set up by a watchman.(D)
19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;
when he opens his eyes, it is gone.
20 Terrors overtake him like a flood;(E)
a storm(F) wind sweeps him away at night.
21 An east wind picks him up, and he is gone;
it carries him away from his place.
22 It blasts at him without mercy,
while he flees desperately from its force.
23 It claps(G) its hands at him
and scoffs at him from its place.

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13 “This is the portion of the wicked human being with God,
and they receive from Shaddai the inheritance of the ruthless.
14 If their children multiply, it is for the sword,
and his offspring do not have enough to eat.[a]
15 Their[b] survivors are buried through[c] the plague,
and their[d] widows do not weep.
16 If he heaps up silver like the dust
and fashions clothing like the clay,
17 he makes it ready, and the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.
18 “He builds his house like the moth,
and like a booth that a watchman has made.
19 He goes to bed with wealth, but[e] he will do so no more;[f]
he opens his eyes, and it is gone.[g]
20 Terrors overtake him like the water;
a storm wind carries him off in the night.
21 The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone,
and it sweeps him away from his place.
22 And it hurls at him, and it has no compassion;
he will quickly flee from its power.
23 It claps its hands over him,
and it hisses at him from its place.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:14 Literally “they are not satisfied with bread”
  2. Job 27:15 Hebrew “His”
  3. Job 27:15 Or “because of”
  4. Job 27:15 Hebrew “his”
  5. Job 27:19 Hebrew “and”
  6. Job 27:19 Literally “he will not do again”
  7. Job 27:19 Literally “it is not”