Job 20:19–29

¹⁹For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor;

he has seized houses he did not build.

²⁰Because his appetite is never satisfied,

he cannot escape with his treasure.

²¹Nothing is left for him to consume;

thus his prosperity will not endure.

²²In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed;

the full force of misery will come upon him.

²³When he has filled his stomach,

God will vent His fury upon him,

raining it down on him as he eats.

²⁴Though he flees from an iron weapon,

a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

²⁵It is drawn out of his back,

the gleaming point from his liver.^a

Terrors come over him.

²⁶Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.

A fire unfanned will consume him

and devour what is left in his tent.

²⁷The heavens will expose his iniquity,

and the earth will rise up against him.

²⁸The possessions of his house will be removed,

flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.

²⁹This is the wicked man’s portion from God,

the inheritance God has appointed him.”