Job 27:13-23

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹³ This is what God has waiting for the wicked person,
the inheritance that tyrants receive from the Almighty:
¹⁴ If he has many children, swords will kill them,
and his descendants won’t have enough food.
¹⁵ Those who survive him will be buried by a plague,
and their widows won’t cry ⌞for them⌟.
¹⁶ Though he collects silver like dust
and piles up clothing like dirt,
¹⁷ righteous people will wear what he piles up,
and the innocent will divide the silver ⌞among themselves⌟.
¹⁸ He builds his house like a moth,
like a shack that a watchman makes.
¹⁹ He may go to bed rich, but he’ll never be rich again.
When he opens his eyes, nothing will be left.
²⁰ Terrors overtake him like a flood.
A windstorm snatches him away at night.
²¹ The east wind carries him away, and he’s gone.
It sweeps him from his place.
²² It hurls itself at him without mercy.
He flees from its power.
²³ It claps its hands over him.
It whistles at him from his own place.