Job 15:22-35 ▼

22 He is not sure to return from darkness, and he is watched over unto the sword.

23 He is is wandering for bread for vultures, knowing that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.

24 Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready for the attack.

25 For he stretched out his hand against God, and against Shaddai he sought to prevail,

26 running against Him with the neck, with thickness of the bosses of his shields.

27 For he has covered his face with his fat, and made thick fat upon his loin.

28 And he dwells in desolate cities, houses in which they do not dwell, which are ready to be heaps.

29 He will not be rich, and his wealth will not stand, nor will his possessions stretch out over the earth.

30 He will not turn aside from darkness; the flame will dry out his shoot, and he will turn aside at the breath of His mouth.

31 Do not let him trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his recompense.

32 Not in his day will it be fulfilled, and his branch will not be green.

33 He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine, and he will cast off his blossom like an olive tree.

34 For the company of the godless is barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

35 They conceive trouble and give birth to inquity, and their belly prepares deceit.”