Job 15:20-35

20The wicked man writhes with pain all his days, And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.

21A [dreadful] sound of terrors is in his ears; While at peace and in a time of prosperity the destroyer comes upon him [the tent of the robber is not at peace].

22He does not believe that he will return out of the darkness [for fear of being murdered], And he is destined for the sword [of God’s vengeance].

23He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already at hand.

24Distress and anxiety terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for battle.

25Because he has stretched out his hand against God And behaves arrogantly against the Almighty,

26Running and charging headlong against Him With his ornamented and massive shield;

27For he has covered his face with his fat, Adding layers of fat to his thighs [giving himself up to pleasures],

28And he has lived in desolate [God-forsaken] cities, In houses which no one should inhabit, Which were destined to become heaps [of ruins];

29He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure; And his grain will not bend to the earth nor his possessions be extended on the earth.

30He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster]; The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch, And by the blast of His mouth he will go away.

31Let him not trust in vanity (emptiness, futility) and be led astray; For emptiness will be his reward [for such living].

32It will be fulfilled while he still lives, And his branch will not be green [but shall wither away].

33He will fail to bring his grapes to maturity [leaving them to wither unnourished] on the vine, And will cast off blossoms [and fail to bring forth fruit] like the olive tree.

34For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of bribery (wrong and injustice).

35They conceive mischief and bring forth wickedness, And their inmost soul prepares deceit and fraud.”