Job 27:11-23 - What God Has In Store For Wicked People

¹¹ “I will instruct you in the power of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
¹² “Behold, all of you have seen it;
Why then do you act foolishly?

¹³ “This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.
¹⁴ “Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword;
And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.
¹⁵ “His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
And their widows will not be able to weep.
¹⁶ “Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
¹⁷ He may prepare it, but the just will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.
¹⁸ “He has built his house like the spider’s web,
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
¹⁹ “He lies down rich, but never again;
He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.
²⁰ “Terrors overtake him like a flood;
A tempest steals him away in the night.
²¹ “The east wind carries him away, and he is gone,
For it whirls him away from his place.
²² “For it will hurl at him without sparing;
He will surely try to flee from its power.
²³ “Men will clap their hands at him
And will hiss him from his place.