31 Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless,

for he will get nothing in return.

32 Before his time he will wither,

and his branches will not flourish.

33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,

like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.

34 For the company of the godless will be barren,

and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.

31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity:

For vanity shall be his recompence.

32 It shall be accomplished before his time,

And his branch shall not be green.

33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine,

And shall cast off his flower as the olive.

34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate,

And fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

31 Let them no longer fool themselves by trusting in empty riches,

for emptiness will be their only reward.

32 They will be cut down in the prime of life;

their branches will never again be green.

33 They will be like a vine whose grapes are harvested too early,

like an olive tree that loses its blossoms before the fruit can form.

34 For the godless are barren.

Their homes, enriched through bribery, will burn.

31 Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself,

For futility will be his reward.

32 It will be accomplished before his time,

And his branch will not be green.

33 He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine,

And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.

34 For the company of hypocrites will be barren,

And fire will consume the tents of bribery.

31 The wicked should not fool themselves by trusting what is useless.

If they do, they will get nothing in return.

32 Their branches will dry up before they finish growing

and will never turn green.

33 They will be like a vine whose grapes are pulled off before they are ripe,

like an olive tree that loses its blossoms.

34 People without God can produce nothing.

Fire will destroy the tents of those who take money to do evil,

31 Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself;

For vanity shall be his recompense.

32 It shall be accomplished before his time,

And his branch shall not be green.

33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine,

And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

34 For the company of the godless shall be barren,

And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

31 Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense; 32 It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green. 33 He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive. 34 For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

31 He shouldn’t trust in worthless things and deceive himself 

because he will get worthless things in return. 

32 It will happen before his time has come, 

and his branch will not become green. 

33 He will drop his unripened grapes like a vine 

and throw off his blossoms like an olive tree 

34 because a mob of godless people produces nothing, 

and fire burns up the tents of those who offer bribes.

31 Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray,

for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.

32 It will be accomplished before his time,

and his branch will not flourish.

33 He will be like a vine that drops its unripe grapes

and like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

34 For the company of the godless will have no children,

and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.

31 Let them not trust in emptiness, deceiving themselves;

for emptiness will be their recompense.

32 It will be paid in full before their time,

and their branch will not be green.

33 They will shake off their unripe grape, like the vine,

and cast off their blossoms, like the olive tree.

34 For the company of the godless is barren,

and fire consumes the tents of bribery.

31 Let him not trust in emptiness—he will be deceiving himself—

for worthlessness will be his recompense.

32 It will be paid in full before his time,

and his branch will not flourish.

33 “He will shake off his unripe fruit like the vine,

and he will cast off his blossom like the olive tree;

34 for the company of the godless is barren,

and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

31 Don’t let them fool themselves

by trusting in what is worthless.

They won’t get anything out of it.

32 Even before they die, they’ll be paid back in full.

No matter what they do, it won’t succeed.

33 They’ll be like vines

that are stripped of their unripe grapes.

They’ll be like olive trees

that drop their flowers.

34 People who are ungodly won’t have any children.

Fire will burn up the tents of people who accept money

from those who want special favors.

31 “Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;

For emptiness will be his reward.

32 “It will be accomplished before his time,

And his palm branch will not be green.

33 “He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,

And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.

34 “For the company of the godless is barren,

And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.