He comes out like (A)a flower and (B)withers;
    he flees like (C)a shadow and continues not.

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13 (A)“This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
    and the heritage that (B)oppressors receive from the Almighty:
14 If his (C)children are multiplied, it is for (D)the sword,
    and his descendants have not enough bread.
15 Those who survive him the pestilence buries,
    and his (E)widows do not weep.
16 Though he (F)heap up silver like dust,
    and pile up clothing like clay,
17 he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it,
    and (G)the innocent will divide the silver.
18 He builds his (H)house like a moth's,
    like (I)a booth that (J)a watchman makes.
19 He goes to bed rich, but will (K)do so no more;
    he opens his eyes, and (L)his wealth is gone.
20 (M)Terrors overtake him like (N)a flood;
    in the night a whirlwind (O)carries him off.
21 (P)The east wind lifts him up and he is gone;
    it (Q)sweeps him out of his place.
22 It[a] hurls at him (R)without pity;
    he flees from its[b] power in headlong flight.
23 It (S)claps its hands at him
    and (T)hisses at him from its place.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:22 Or He (that is, God); also verse 23
  2. Job 27:22 Or his; also verse 23

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