Job 20:20-29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 “For they knew no quiet in their bellies;
in their greed they let nothing escape.(A)
21 There was nothing left after they had eaten;
therefore their prosperity will not endure.(B)
22 In full sufficiency they will be in distress;
all the force of misery will come upon them.
23 To fill their belly to the full,
God[a] will send his fierce anger into them
and rain it upon them as their food.(C)
24 They will flee from an iron weapon;
a bronze arrow will strike them through.(D)
25 It is drawn forth and comes out of their body,
and the glittering point comes out of their gall;
terrors come upon them.(E)
26 Utter darkness is laid up for their treasures;
a fire fanned by no one will devour them;
what is left in their tent will be consumed.(F)
27 The heavens will reveal their iniquity,
and the earth will rise up against them.(G)
28 The possessions of their house will be carried away,
dragged off in the day of God’s[b] wrath.(H)
29 This is the portion of the wicked from God,
the heritage decreed for them by God.”(I)
Job 20:20-29
Common English Bible
20 didn’t know contentment in their belly;
couldn’t escape with their treasure.
21 Nothing remained of their food,
so their riches will not endure.
22 Even in their plenty, they are hard-pressed;
all sorts of trouble come on them.
23 Let God[a] fill their belly,
unleash his burning anger on them,
rain punishing blows on them.
24 If they flee an iron weapon,
a bronze bow pierces them.
25 They pull it out, but it sticks out from their backs;
its shaft in their liver brings terror.
26 Complete darkness waits for their treasured possessions;
fire that no one stoked consumes them;
what’s left in their tent is ruined.
27 Heaven exposes their guilt;
earth opposes them.
28 Their household wealth will be carried off
by rushing streams on the day of his anger.
29 This is a wicked person’s lot from God,
their heritage decreed by God.
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- Job 20:23 Or him
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