Job 24:18-24

Modern English Version

¹⁸ “He is swift as the waters.
    Their portion is cursed in the earth.
    They do not turn toward the way of the vineyards.
¹⁹ Drought and heat consume the snow waters;
    so the grave consumes those who have sinned.
²⁰ The womb will forget him;
    the worm will feed sweetly on him;
he will be remembered no more,
    and wickedness will be broken like a tree.
²¹ He preys on the barren who do not bear,
    and does no good for the widow.
²² But God draws the mighty away with His power;
    He rises up, and no man is sure of life.
²³ He gives them security, and they rely on it;
    yet His eyes are on their ways.
²⁴ They are exalted for a little while but are gone and brought low;
    they are taken out of the way like all others
    and cut off as the tops of the grain.