Job 15:22-35 ▼

22 He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword;

23 he wanders about--food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.

24 Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,

25 for he stretches out his hand against God, and vaunts himself against the Almighty,

26 defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield!

27 Because he covered his face with fat, and made his hips bulge with fat,

28 he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

29 He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

30 He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God's mouth.

31 Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward.

32 Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish.

33 Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms.

34 For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

35 They conceive trouble and bring forth evil; their belly prepares deception.|