Job 20:7-17

7 he shall be lost in the end, as a dunghill; and, they that have seen him, shall say, Where is he? (he shall be discarded in the end, like his own dung; and then they who have seen him, shall say, Where is he?)
8 As a dream flying away, or soon forgotten, he shall not be found; he shall pass as the sight of nights. (Like a dream flying away, or soon forgotten, he shall not be found; he shall pass away like a vision in the night.)
9 The eye that saw him shall not see him again; and his place shall no more behold him.
10 His sons shall be all-broken with neediness; and his hands shall yield to him his sorrow. (His sons shall make recompense to the poor; and with their hands they shall give back their goods to them.)
11 His bones shall be [full-]filled with the vices of his young waxing age; and they shall sleep with him in (the) dust.
12 For when evil was sweet in his mouth, he hid it under his tongue.
13 He shall spare it, and shall not forsake it; and he shall hide it in his throat (and he shall hide it in his mouth).
14 His bread in his womb shall be turned into the gall of snakes within him.
15 He shall vomit, or cast, out the riches which he hath devoured; and God shall draw those riches out of his womb.
16 He shall suck the gall of snakes; and the tongue of an adder shall slay him.
17 See he not the streams of the flood of the strand, of honey, and of butter. (He shall not see the streams of oil, or of cream, nor the rivers of honey and butter.)
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