36 but he soon passed away and was no more;
    though I looked for him, he could not be found.(A)

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36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

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10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more;(A)
    though you look for them, they will not be found.

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10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

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22 They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” 23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel(A) of the Lord struck him down,(B) and he was eaten by worms and died.

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22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

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33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off(A) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,(B)
    the tall(C) ones will be brought low.(D)
34 He will cut down(E) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon(F) will fall before the Mighty One.(G)

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33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

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16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease(A) upon his sturdy warriors;(B)
under his pomp(C) a fire(D) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(E)
    their Holy One(F) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns(G) and his briers.(H)
18 The splendor of his forests(I) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,(J)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests(K) will be so few(L)
    that a child could write them down.

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16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.

19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

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that the mirth of the wicked(A) is brief,
    the joy of the godless(B) lasts but a moment.(C)
Though the pride(D) of the godless person reaches to the heavens(E)
    and his head touches the clouds,(F)
he will perish forever,(G) like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’(H)
Like a dream(I) he flies away,(J) no more to be found,
    banished(K) like a vision of the night.(L)
The eye that saw him will not see him again;
    his place will look on him no more.(M)
10 His children(N) must make amends to the poor;
    his own hands must give back his wealth.(O)
11 The youthful vigor(P) that fills his bones(Q)
    will lie with him in the dust.(R)

12 “Though evil(S) is sweet in his mouth
    and he hides it under his tongue,(T)
13 though he cannot bear to let it go
    and lets it linger in his mouth,(U)
14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;(V)
    it will become the venom of serpents(W) within him.
15 He will spit out the riches(X) he swallowed;
    God will make his stomach vomit(Y) them up.
16 He will suck the poison(Z) of serpents;
    the fangs of an adder will kill him.(AA)
17 He will not enjoy the streams,
    the rivers(AB) flowing with honey(AC) and cream.(AD)
18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;(AE)
    he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.(AF)
19 For he has oppressed the poor(AG) and left them destitute;(AH)
    he has seized houses(AI) he did not build.

20 “Surely he will have no respite from his craving;(AJ)
    he cannot save himself by his treasure.(AK)
21 Nothing is left for him to devour;
    his prosperity will not endure.(AL)
22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;(AM)
    the full force of misery will come upon him.(AN)
23 When he has filled his belly,(AO)
    God will vent his burning anger(AP) against him
    and rain down his blows on him.(AQ)
24 Though he flees(AR) from an iron weapon,
    a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.(AS)
25 He pulls it out of his back,
    the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors(AT) will come over him;(AU)
26     total darkness(AV) lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire(AW) unfanned will consume him(AX)
    and devour what is left in his tent.(AY)
27 The heavens will expose his guilt;
    the earth will rise up against him.(AZ)
28 A flood will carry off his house,(BA)
    rushing waters[a] on the day of God’s wrath.(BB)
29 Such is the fate God allots the wicked,
    the heritage appointed for them by God.”(BC)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:28 Or The possessions in his house will be carried off, / washed away

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

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19 When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen[a] went into the sea,(A) the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 15:19 Or charioteers

19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.

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The enemy boasted,
    ‘I will pursue,(A) I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;(B)
    I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
    and my hand will destroy them.’
10 But you blew with your breath,(C)
    and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.(D)

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The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

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