Job 20:12–22

¹²“Anything that is evil tastes sweet to them.

They keep it under their tongues for a while.

¹³They can’t stand to let it go.

So they hold it in their mouths.

¹⁴But their food will turn sour in their stomachs.

It will become like the poison of a serpent inside them.

¹⁵They will spit out the rich food they swallowed.

God will make their stomachs throw it up.

¹⁶They will suck the poison of a serpent.

The fangs of an adder will kill them.

¹⁷They won’t enjoy streams that flow with honey.

They won’t enjoy rivers that flow with cream.

¹⁸What they worked for they must give back

before they can eat it.

They won’t enjoy what they have earned.

¹⁹They’ve crushed poor people and left them with nothing.

They’ve taken over houses they didn’t even build.

²⁰“No matter how much they have,

they always long for more.

But their treasure can’t save them.

²¹There isn’t anything left for them to eat up.

Their success won’t last.

²²While they are enjoying the good life,

trouble will catch up with them.

Terrible suffering will come on them.