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Job 20:14-29

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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.

23“When he fills his belly,

God will send His fierce anger on him

And rain it on him while he is eating.

24“He may flee from the iron weapon,

But the bronze bow will pierce him.

25“It is drawn and comes out of his back,

Even the flashing point from his gallbladder;

Terrors come upon him,

26Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures,

And unfanned fire will devour him;

It will consume the survivor in his tent.

27“The heavens will reveal his guilt,

And the earth will rise up against him.

28“The increase of his house will disappear;

His possessions will flow away on the day of His anger.

29“This is a wicked person’s portion from God,

The inheritance decreed to him by God.”