Top Verses Profile for Job 15:27  

20 All their days the wicked suffer torment, the ruthless through all the years stored up for them. 21 Terrifying sounds fill their ears; when all seems well, marauders attack them. 22 They despair of escaping the realm of darkness; they are marked for the sword. 23 They wander about for food like vultures; they know the day of darkness is at hand. 24 Distress and anguish fill them with terror; troubles overwhelm them, like a king poised to attack, 25 Because they shake their fists at God and vaunt themselves against the Almighty 26 Defiantly charging against him with thick, strong shields. 27 "Though their faces are covered with fat and their waists bulge with flesh," 28 They will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble. 29 They will no longer be rich and their wealth will not endure, nor will their possessions spread over the land. 30 They will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither their shoots, and the breath of God's mouth will carry them away. 31 Let them not deceive themselves by trusting what is worthless, for they will get nothing in return. 32 Before their time they will wither, and their branches will not flourish. 33 They will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms. 34 For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes. (NIV)

20 The wicked man suffers with [self-inflicted] torment all his days, through all the years that are numbered and laid up for him, the oppressor. 21 A [dreadful] sound of terrors is in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him [the dwellings of robbers are not at peace]. 22 He believes that he will not return out of darkness, and [because of his guilt] he is waited for by the sword [of God's vengeance]. 23 He wanders abroad for food, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already close upon him. 24 Distress and anguish terrify him; [he knows] they shall prevail against him, like a king ready for battle. 25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God and bids defiance and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty 26 Running stubbornly against Him with a thickly ornamented shield 27 Because he has covered his face with his fat, adding layers of fat on his loins [giving himself up to animal pleasures] 28 And has lived in desolate [God-forsaken] cities and in houses which no man should inhabit, which were destined to become heaps [of ruins] 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his wealth last, neither shall his produce bend to the earth nor his possessions be extended on the earth. 30 He shall not depart out of darkness [and escape from calamity; the wrath of God] shall consume him as flame consumes a dry tree, and by the blast of His mouth he shall be swept away. 31 Let him not deceive himself and trust in vanity (emptiness, falseness, and futility), for these shall be his recompense [for such living]. 32 It shall be accomplished and paid in full while he still lives, and his branch shall not be green [but shall wither away]. 33 He shall fail to bring his grapes to maturity [leaving them to wither unnourished] on the vine and shall cast off blossoms [and fail to bring forth fruit] like the olive tree. 34 For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery (wrong and injustice). (AMP)

20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. 24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. 25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. 26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: 27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. 28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. 30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. 32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. 33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. 34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. (KJV)