Job 27:13-23 (New International Version)
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"Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:1
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However many his children,2 their fate is the sword;3 his offspring will never have enough to eat.4
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The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them.5
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Though he heaps up silver like dust6 and clothes like piles of clay,7
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what he lays up8 the righteous will wear,9 and the innocent will divide his silver.10
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The house11 he builds is like a moth's cocoon,12 like a hut13 made by a watchman.
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He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;14 when he opens his eyes, all is gone.15
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Terrors16 overtake him like a flood;17 a tempest snatches him away in the night.18
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The east wind19 carries him off, and he is gone;20 it sweeps him out of his place.21
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It hurls itself against him without mercy22 as he flees headlong23 from its power.24
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It claps its hands25 in derision and hisses him out of his place.26
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