Job 24:18-25

New International Reader's Version

¹⁸ “But sinners are like bubbles on the surface of water.
    Their share of the land is under God’s curse.
    So no one goes to their vineyards.
¹⁹ Melted snow disappears when the air is hot and dry.
    And sinners disappear when they go down into their graves.
²⁰ Even their mothers forget them.
    The worms in their graves eat them up.
No one remembers sinful people anymore.
    They are cut down like trees.
²¹ They mistreat women who aren’t able to have children.
    They aren’t kind to widows.
²² But God is powerful.
    He even drags away people who are strong.
When he rises up against them,
    they can never be sure they are safe.
²³ God might let them rest and feel secure.
    But his eyes see how they live.
²⁴ For a little while they are honored.
    Then they are gone.
They are brought low.
    And they die like everyone else.
    They are cut off like heads of grain.

²⁵ “Who can prove that what I’m saying is wrong?
    Who can prove that my words aren’t true?”