Job 20:15–29

¹⁵They have swallowed riches, but they will spit them out;

God will make them vomit their riches up.

¹⁶They will suck the poison of snakes,

and the snake’s fangs will kill them.

¹⁷They will not admire the sparkling streams

or the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

¹⁸They must give back what they worked for without eating it;

they will not enjoy the money they made from their trading,

¹⁹because they troubled the poor and left them with nothing.

They have taken houses they did not build.

²⁰“Evil people never lack an appetite,

and nothing escapes their selfishness.

²¹But nothing will be left for them to eat;

their riches will not continue.

²²When they still have plenty, trouble will catch up to them,

and great misery will come down on them.

²³When the wicked fill their stomachs,

God will send his burning anger against them,

and blows of punishment will fall on them like rain.

²⁴The wicked may run away from an iron weapon,

but a bronze arrow will stab them.

²⁵They will pull the arrows out of their backs

and pull the points out of their livers.

Terrors will come over them;

²⁶total darkness waits for their treasure.

A fire not fanned by people will destroy them

and burn up what is left of their tents.

²⁷The heavens will show their guilt,

and the earth will rise up against them.

²⁸A flood will carry their houses away,

swept away on the day of God’s anger.

²⁹This is what God plans for evil people;

this is what he has decided they will receive.”