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The Book of Job, Chapter 27, Verse 13

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Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
King James Version
This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.
American Standard Version
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:
New English Translation
This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.
World English Bible
"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
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If his children be multiplied, [it is] for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
16
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
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He may prepare [it], but the just shall put [it] on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
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He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth [that] the keeper maketh.
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The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.
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Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
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The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
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For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
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[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.