\{These wise people said,\}\par An evil person suffers all his life.\par A cruel person suffers all his\par numbered years.\par
Job 15:24 - Easy To Read Version Worry and suffering make him afraid.\par These things attack him like a king\par ready to destroy him.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; They shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Distress and anguish terrify him; [he knows] they shall prevail against him, like a king ready for battle. American Standard Version (1901) Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. Common English Bible Adversity and stress scare them, master them like a king ready to strike; Catholic Public Domain Version Tribulation will terrify him, and anguish will prevail over him, like a king who is being prepared to go to battle. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle. |
\{These wise people said,\}\par An evil person suffers all his life.\par A cruel person suffers all his\par numbered years.\par
Every noise scares him.\par His enemy will attack him\par when he thinks he is safe.\par
He wanders here and there,\par but his body will be food for the vultures.\par He knows that his death {\cf2\super [28]} is very near.\par
Why? Because the evil person refuses to obey God—\par He shakes his fist at God,\par and tries to defeat God All-Powerful.\par
God sends his army to attack me.\par They build attack towers around me.\par They camp around my tent.\par
I have had troubles and hard times.\par But I enjoy your commands.\par
Great trouble will come to you like a bad storm. Problems will hit you like a strong wind. Your troubles and sadness will be a very great burden on you.
These things will make you poor very quickly. You will have nothing, as if a thief broke in and took everything away.
But he sleeps and sleeps. And he becomes poorer and poorer. Soon he will have nothing! It will be like a robber has come and stolen everything.
Jeremiah, also say this to Jehoiakim king of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord says: Jehoiakim, you burned that scroll. You said, “Why did Jeremiah write that the king of Babylon will surely come and destroy this land? Why did he say that the king of Babylon will destroy both men and animals in this land?”
God will give trouble and suffering to every person that does evil—to the Jews first and also to the non-Jews.