Job 20:15–29

¹⁵He swallows down riches

And vomits them up again;

God casts them out of his belly.

¹⁶He will suck the poison of cobras;

The viper’s tongue will slay him.

¹⁷He will not see ^jthe streams,

The rivers flowing with honey and cream.

¹⁸He will restore that for which he labored,

And will not swallow it down;

From the proceeds of business

He will get no enjoyment.

¹⁹For he has ³oppressed and forsaken the poor,

He has violently seized a house which he did not build.

²⁰“Because ^khe knows no quietness in his ⁴heart,

He will not save anything he desires.

²¹Nothing is left for him to eat;

Therefore his well-being will not last.

²²In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress;

Every hand of ⁵misery will come against him.

²³When he is about to fill his stomach,

God will cast on him the fury of His wrath,

And will rain it on him while he is eating.

^24lHe will flee from the iron weapon;

A bronze bow will pierce him through.

²⁵It is drawn, and comes out of the body;

Yes, ^mthe glittering point comes out of his ⁶gall.

ⁿTerrors come upon him;

²⁶Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.

^oAn unfanned fire will consume him;

It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.

²⁷The heavens will reveal his iniquity,

And the earth will rise up against him.

²⁸The increase of his house will depart,

And his goods will flow away in the day of His ^pwrath.

^29qThis is the portion from God for a wicked man,

The heritage appointed to him by God.”