Job 20:15-29

15Like a person who is sick and loses the food from his stomach, God will cause the wicked person to lose all his riches.

16He will drink the poison of snakes. A dangerous snake will bite him and it will kill him.

17He will never enjoy the good things that the earth provides. He will not enjoy the honey and milk which pours out like rivers of water.

18He will have to give back everything that he owned. He will not enjoy the things that he has worked for.

19This will happen because he has been cruel to poor people. He has refused to help them. He has taken houses for himself that do not belong to him.

20He will always want to have more things for himself. He takes anything that he wants to have.

21Now nothing remains for him to take. So his riches will come to an end.

22When he has everything that he wants, trouble suddenly comes to him.

23When he is filling himself with good food, God will punish him. God will be very angry with him. God will attack the wicked person so that he suffers.

24He may escape from a soldier who has an iron sword. But then a soldier will shoot a bronze arrow into him.

25He pulls the arrow out of his back. His blood makes its sharp point shine brightly. He is very afraid.

26All his riches disappear in the dark. God will send a fire to destroy him. It will destroy all his things that remain.

27The heavens will show that he is guilty. People on earth will speak against him.

28A flood will destroy his house and everything that he has. That will happen on the day when God punishes people because he is angry with them.

29That is how God punishes wicked people. God has decided to punish them as they deserve.’