Job 27:13-23

International Standard Version

¹³ “This is what a wicked person^[a] inherits from God,
    and what the ruthless will receive from the Almighty:
¹⁴ If he has many children,
    their destiny is to die by the sword,
    and his descendants won’t have enough food.
¹⁵ Those who do survive him disease will bury,
    and his widow won’t even weep.

¹⁶ “Though he hoards silver^[b] like dust,
    and stores away garments like clay,
¹⁷ whatever he stores up, the righteous will wear,
    and the innocent will inherit that silver!

¹⁸ “He has built his house like a moth’s cocoon,^[c]
    like a temporary^[d] sunshade that a watchman makes.
¹⁹ He will go to bed wealthy,
    but won’t be doing that anymore!
        When he opens his eyes, it will be gone!
²⁰ Terror will overtake him like a flood,^[e]
    at night, a tornado will sweep him away.
²¹ He’ll be swept up by a storm^[f] wind and carried away;
    he’ll be whirled away from his place.
²² It will toss him around without pity.
    He’ll try to break free^[g] from its grip,^[h]
23 but it will clap its hands over him,
    hissing at him as it lunges toward him.”^[i]