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Job 15:20-35 New King James Version (NKJV)

²⁰The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
^(A)And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
²¹^[a]Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
^(B)In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.
²²He does not believe that he will ^(C)return from darkness,
For a sword is waiting for him.
²³He ^(D)wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows ^(E)that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.
²⁴Trouble and anguish make him afraid;
They overpower him, like a king ready for ^[b]battle.
²⁵For he stretches out his hand against God,
And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
²⁶Running stubbornly against Him
With his strong, embossed shield.

²⁷“Though^(F) he has covered his face with his fatness,
And made his waist heavy with fat,
²⁸He dwells in desolate cities,
In houses which no one inhabits,
Which are destined to become ruins.
²⁹He will not be rich,
Nor will his wealth ^(G)continue,
Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.
³⁰He will not depart from darkness;
The flame will dry out his branches,
And ^(H)by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
³¹Let him not ^(I)trust in futile things, deceiving himself,
For futility will be his reward.
³²It will be accomplished ^(J)before his time,
And his branch will not be green.
³³He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine,
And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.
³⁴For the company of hypocrites will be barren,
And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
³⁵^(K)They conceive trouble and bring forth futility;
Their womb prepares deceit.”

New King James Version (NKJV)