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13 “This is the portion of the wicked human being with God,
and they receive from Shaddai the inheritance of the ruthless.
14 If their children multiply, it is for the sword,
and his offspring do not have enough to eat.[a]
15 Their[b] survivors are buried through[c] the plague,
and their[d] widows do not weep.
16 If he heaps up silver like the dust
and fashions clothing like the clay,
17 he makes it ready, and the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.
18 “He builds his house like the moth,
and like a booth that a watchman has made.
19 He goes to bed with wealth, but[e] he will do so no more;[f]
he opens his eyes, and it is gone.[g]
20 Terrors overtake him like the water;
a storm wind carries him off in the night.
21 The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone,
and it sweeps him away from his place.
22 And it hurls at him, and it has no compassion;
he will quickly flee from its power.
23 It claps its hands over him,
and it hisses at him from its place.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:14 Literally “they are not satisfied with bread”
  2. Job 27:15 Hebrew “His”
  3. Job 27:15 Or “because of”
  4. Job 27:15 Hebrew “his”
  5. Job 27:19 Hebrew “and”
  6. Job 27:19 Literally “he will not do again”
  7. Job 27:19 Literally “it is not”

13 This is the wicked’s portion with God,
    the inheritance that the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
14 If their children increase, they belong to the sword;
    their offspring won’t have enough bread.
15 Their survivors will be buried with the dead;
    their widows won’t weep.
16 If they store up silver like dust,
    amass clothing like clay,
17     they may amass, but the righteous will wear it;
            the innocent will divide the silver.
18 They built their houses like nests,
    like a hut made by a watchman.
19 They lie down rich, but no longer;
    open their eyes, but it’s missing.
20 Terrors overtake them like waters;
        a tempest snatches them by night;
21     an east wind lifts them, and they are gone,
        removes them from their places,
22     throws itself on them without mercy;
        they flee desperately from its force.
23 It claps its hands over them,
    hisses at them from their place.

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