Parallel Bible results for "job 15:17-35"

Job 15:17-35

17 Listen to me; I will argue with you; what I've seen, I will declare to you;

17 “Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,

18 what the wise have told and have not concealed from their family,

18 what the wise have declared, hiding nothing received from their ancestors

19 to whom alone the earth was given and no stranger passed in their midst.

19 (to whom alone the land was given when no foreigners moved among them):

20 All the days of the wicked are painful; the number of years reserved for the hateful;

20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.

21 a sound of terror pierces their ears; when safe, raiders overtake them.

21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.

22 They can't count on turning away from darkness; they are destined for a sword.

22 He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness; he is marked for the sword.

23 They wander about for bread. "Where is it?" They know that their day of darkness is fixed.

23 He wanders about for food like a vulture; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

24 Adversity and stress scare them, master them like a king ready to strike;

24 Distress and anguish fill him with terror; troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,

25 for they raise a fist against God and try to overpower the Almighty.

25 because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,

26 They run toward him aggressively, with a massive and strong shield.

26 defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.

27 They cover their face with grease and make their loins gross.

27 “Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,

28 They lived in ruined cities, unoccupied houses that turn to rubble.

28 he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.

29 They won't get rich; their wealth won't last; their property won't extend over the earth.

29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

30 They can't turn away from darkness; a flame will dry out their shoots, and they will be taken away by the wind from his mouth.

30 He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

31 They shouldn't trust in what has no worth, for their reward will be worthless.

31 Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.

32 Before their branch is formed, before it is green,

32 Before his time he will wither, and his branches will not flourish.

33 like the vine, they will drop early grapes and cast off their blossoms like the olive.

33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.

34 The ruthless gang is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribers.

34 For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.

35 They conceive toil and give birth to sorrow; their belly establishes deceit.

35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit.”