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Job 20:10-22

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10“His sons favor the poor,

And his hands give back his wealth.

11“His bones are full of his youthful strength,

But it lies down with him in the dust.

12“Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth

And he hides it under his tongue,

13Though he desires it and will not let it go,

But holds it in his mouth,

14Yet his food in his stomach is changed

To the venom of cobras within him.

15“He swallows riches,

But will vomit them up;

God will expel them from his belly.

16“He sucks the poison of cobras;

The viper’s tongue kills him.

17“He does not look at the streams,

The rivers flowing with honey and curds.

18“He returns the product of his labor

And cannot swallow it;

As to the riches of his trading,

He cannot even enjoy them.

19“For he has oppressed and neglected the poor;

He has seized a house which he has not built.

20“Because he knew no quiet within him,

He does not retain anything he desires.

21“Nothing remains for him to devour,

Therefore his prosperity does not endure.

22“In the fullness of his excess he will be cramped;

The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.