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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
20 Because his appetite is never satisfied,[a]
he does not let anything he desires escape.
21 Nothing is left for him to consume;(A)
therefore, his prosperity will not last.
22 At the height of his success[b] distress will come to him;(B)
the full weight of misery[c] will crush him.
23 When he fills his stomach,
God will send His burning anger against him,
raining(C) it down on him while he is eating.[d]
24 If he flees from an iron weapon,
an arrow from a bronze bow will pierce him.
25 He pulls it out of his back,
the flashing tip out of his liver.[e]
Terrors come over him.(D)
26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.
A fire unfanned by human hands will consume(E) him;
it will feed on what is left in his tent.
27 The heavens will expose his iniquity,(F)
and the earth will rise up against him.(G)
28 The possessions in his house will be removed,
flowing away on the day of God’s anger.
29 This is the wicked man’s lot(H) from God,
the inheritance God ordained for him.
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