Job 20:15-29

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“He swallows riches,
But will ^(A)vomit them up;
God will expel them from his belly.

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“He sucks ^(B)the poison of cobras;
The viper’s tongue slays him.

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“He does not look at ^(C)the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and curds.

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“He ^(D)returns what he has attained
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.

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“For he has ^(E)oppressed and forsaken the poor;
He has seized a house which he has not built.

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“Because he knew no quiet ^(a)within him,
He does ^(F)not retain anything he desires.

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“Nothing remains ^(b)for him to devour,
Therefore ^(G)his prosperity does not endure.

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“In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped;
The ^(H)hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

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“When he ^(I)fills his belly,
God will send His fierce anger on him
And will ^(J)rain it on him ^(c)while he is eating.

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“He may ^(K)flee from the iron weapon,
But the bronze bow will pierce him.

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“It is drawn forth and comes out of his back,
Even the glittering point from ^(L)his gall.
^(M)Terrors come upon him,

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Complete ^(N)darkness is held in reserve for his treasures,
And unfanned ^(O)fire will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.

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“The ^(P)heavens will reveal his iniquity,
And the earth will rise up against him.

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“The ^(Q)increase of his house will depart;
His possessions will flow away ^(R)in the day of His anger.

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“This is the wicked man’s ^(S)portion from God,
Even the heritage decreed to him by God.”

Footnotes:

a. Job 20:20: ['Lit ', in his belly]

b. Job 20:21: ['Or ', of what he devours]

c. Job 20:23: ['Or ', as his food]

Cross references:

A. Job 20:15: Job 20:10; Job 20:20; Job 20:21

B. Job 20:16: Deuteronomy 32:24; Deuteronomy 32:33

C. Job 20:17: Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 32:14; Job 29:6

D. Job 20:18: Job 20:10; Job 20:15

E. Job 20:19: Job 24:2-4; Job 35:9

G. Job 20:21: Job 15:29

H. Job 20:22: Job 5:5

I. Job 20:23: Job 20:13; Job 20:14

J. Job 20:23: Numbers 11:18-20; Numbers 11:33; Psalm 78:30; Psalm 78:31

K. Job 20:24: Isaiah 24:18; Amos 5:19

L. Job 20:25: Job 16:13

M. Job 20:25: Job 18:11; Job 18:14

N. Job 20:26: Job 18:18

O. Job 20:26: Job 15:30; Psalm 21:9

P. Job 20:27: Deuteronomy 31:28; Isaiah 26:21

Q. Job 20:28: Deuteronomy 28:31

R. Job 20:28: Job 20:15; Job 21:30

S. Job 20:29: Job 27:13; Job 31:2; Job 31:3