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20:15. The riches which he hath swallowed, he shall vomit up, and God
shall draw them out of his belly.
20:16. He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper's tongue shall kill
him.
20:17. Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and
of butter.
20:18. He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be
consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he
suffer.
According to the multitude of his devices... That is, his stratagems to
gratify his passions and to oppress and destroy the poor.
20:19. Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently
taken away a house which he did not build.
20:20. And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he
coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.
20:21. There was nothing left of his meat, and therefore nothing shall
continue of his goods:
20:22. When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn,
and every sorrow shall fall upon him.
20:23. May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his
indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him.
20:24. He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of
brass.
20:25. The sword is drawn out, and cometh forth from its scabbard, and
glittereth in his bitterness: the terrible ones shall go and come upon
him.
20:26. All darkness is hid in his secret places: a fire that is not
kindled shall devour him, he shall be afflicted when left in his
tabernacle.
20:27. The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise
up against him.
20:28. The offspring of his house shall be exposed, he shall be pulled
down in the day of God's wrath.
20:29. This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance
of his doings from the Lord.
Job Chapter 21
Job shews that the wicked often prosper in this world, even to the end
of their life: but that their judgment is in another world.
21:1. Then Job answered, and said:
21:2. Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance.
21:3. Suffer me, and I will speak, and after, if you please, laugh at my
words.
21:4. Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be
troubled?
21:5. Hearken to me and be astonished, and lay your finger on your
mouth.
21:6. As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold
on my flesh.
21:7. Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened
with riches?
21:8. Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of
children's children in their sight.
21:9. Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not
upon them.
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