New Living Translation (NLT)
Job 15
28 But their cities will be ruined. They will live in abandoned houses that are ready to tumble down.
29 Their riches will not last, and their wealth will not endure. Their possessions will no longer spread across the horizon.
30 “They will not escape the darkness. The burning sun will wither their shoots, and the breath of God will destroy them.
31 Let them no longer fool themselves by trusting in empty riches, for emptiness will be their only reward.
32 Like trees, they will be cut down in the prime of life; their branches will never again be green.
33 They will be like a vine whose grapes are harvested too early, like an olive tree that loses its blossoms before the fruit can form.
34 For the godless are barren. Their homes, enriched through bribery, will burn.
35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil. Their womb produces deceit.”
Job 16
1 Then Job spoke again:
2 “I have heard all this before. What miserable comforters you are!
3 Won’t you ever stop blowing hot air? What makes you keep on talking?
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