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Passage Lookup: Job 15:17-35
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Job 15:17
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"Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,
Job 15:18
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what wise men have declared, hiding nothing received from their fathers
Job 15:19
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(to whom alone the land was given when no alien passed among them):
Job 15:20
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All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless through all the years stored up for him.
Job 15:21
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Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.
Job 15:22
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He despairs of escaping the darkness; he is marked for the sword.
Job 15:23
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He wanders about-food for vultures ; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
Job 15:24
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Distress and anguish fill him with terror; they overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
Job 15:25
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because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
Job 15:26
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defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.
Job 15:27
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"Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,
Job 15:28
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he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.
Job 15:29
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He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
Job 15:30
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He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.
Job 15:31
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Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.
Job 15:32
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Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish.
Job 15:33
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He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.
Job 15:34
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For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
Job 15:35
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They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit."
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