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Job 20:16-28 Modern English Version (MEV)

16. He will suck the poison of cobras;the viper’s tongue will slay him.

17. He will not see the streams, the rivers,the brooks of honey and butter.

18. He will give back the produce of labor and will not swallow it down.According to his wealth the restitution will be, and he will not rejoice in it;

19. because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor.He has violently taken away a house that he did not build.

20. “Because he knows no quietness in his belly,he will not save anything he desired.

21. Nothing is left for him to eat;therefore his prosperity will not endure.

22. In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress;every hand of misery will come upon him.

23. When he is about to fill his belly,God will cast the fury of His wrath on himand will rain it on him while he is eating.

24. He will flee from the iron weapon;a bronze bow will pierce him through.

25. It is drawn and comes out of the body;yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall.Terrors are upon him.

26. Total darkness is stored up for his treasures.An unfanned fire will consume him;what is left in his tent will be consumed.

27. The heavens will reveal his iniquity,and the earth will rise up against him.

28. The increase of his house will depart,and his goods will flow away in the day of His wrath.

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