Job 20:15–29

¹⁵He will spit out the riches^q he swallowed;

God will make his stomach vomit^r them up.

¹⁶He will suck the poison^s of serpents;

the fangs of an adder will kill him.^t

¹⁷He will not enjoy the streams,

the rivers^u flowing with honey^v and cream.^w

¹⁸What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;^x

he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.^y

¹⁹For he has oppressed the poor^z and left them destitute;^a

he has seized houses^b he did not build.

²⁰“Surely he will have no respite from his craving;^c

he cannot save himself by his treasure.^d

²¹Nothing is left for him to devour;

his prosperity will not endure.^e

²²In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;^f

the full force of misery will come upon him.^g

²³When he has filled his belly,^h

God will vent his burning angerⁱ against him

and rain down his blows on him.^j

²⁴Though he flees^k from an iron weapon,

a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.^l

²⁵He pulls it out of his back,

the gleaming point out of his liver.

Terrors^m will come over him;ⁿ

²⁶total darkness^o lies in wait for his treasures.

A fire^p unfanned will consume him^q

and devour what is left in his tent.^r

²⁷The heavens will expose his guilt;

the earth will rise up against him.^s

²⁸A flood will carry off his house,^t

rushing waters^b on the day of God’s wrath.^u

²⁹Such is the fate God allots the wicked,

the heritage appointed for them by God.”^v