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The Book of Job, Chapter 27, Verse 14

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This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.
King James Version
If his children be multiplied, [it is] for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
American Standard Version
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
New English Translation
If his children increase– it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.
World English Bible
If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. 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.
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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.
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Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold [where] they fine [it].