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20 “Because his greed knew no rest,
    he will not save anything in which he delights.
21 There was nothing left after he had eaten;
    therefore his prosperity will not endure.
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he will be in straits;
    all the force of misery will come upon him.
23 To fill his belly to the full
    God[a] will send his fierce anger into him,
    and rain it upon him as his food.[b]
24 He will flee from an iron weapon;
    a bronze arrow will strike him through.
25 It is drawn forth and comes out of his body,
    the glittering point comes out of his gall;
    terrors come upon him.
26 Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures;
    a fire not blown upon will devour him;
    what is left in his tent will be consumed.
27 The heavens will reveal his iniquity,
    and the earth will rise up against him.
28 The possessions of his house will be carried away,
    dragged off in the day of God’s[c] wrath.
29 This is the wicked man’s portion from God,
    the heritage decreed for him by God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:23 Heb he
  2. Job 20:23 Cn: Heb in his flesh
  3. Job 20:28 Heb his

20 Because he knew no quietness [a]within him,
He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
21 There was nothing left that he devoured not;
Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits:
The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
23 [b]When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him,
And will rain it upon him [c]while he is eating.
24 He shall flee from the iron weapon,
And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body;
Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall:
Terrors are upon him.
26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures:
A fire not blown by man shall devour him;
[d]It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity,
And the earth shall rise up against him.
28 The increase of his house shall depart;
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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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:20 Or, in his greed. Hebrew in his belly.
  2. Job 20:23 Or, Let it be for the filling of his belly that God shall cast etc.
  3. Job 20:23 Or, as his food
  4. Job 20:26 Or, It shall go ill with him that is left