But his sons (A)did not walk in his ways; they turned aside (B)after dishonest gain, (C)took bribes, and perverted justice.

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The light is dark in his tent,
(A)And his lamp beside him is put out.

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14 He is uprooted from (A)the shelter of his tent,
And they parade him before the king of terrors.

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21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who (A)does not know God.”

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28 For you say,
‘Where is the house of the prince?
And where is [a]the tent,
The dwelling place of the wicked?’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:28 Vg. omits the tent

(A)For what is the hope of the hypocrite,
Though he may gain much,
If God takes away his life?

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18 He builds his house like a [a]moth,
(A)Like a [b]booth which a watchman makes.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:18 So with MT, Vg.; LXX, Syr. spider (cf. 8:14); Tg. decay
  2. Job 27:18 Temporary shelter

26 He strikes them as wicked men
In the open sight of others,

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He does not preserve the life of the wicked,
But gives justice to the (A)oppressed.

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13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
And (A)the wicked be shaken out of it?

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God shall likewise destroy you forever;
He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

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11 (A)The house of the wicked will be overthrown,
But the tent of the upright will flourish.

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