Job 15 Eliphaz shows that the wicked are tormented in this life

 Job 15

Eliphaz shows that the wicked are tormented in this life

17 Listen to me, and I will show you; and what I have seen I will tell you

18 (What the wise have declared, and what they have heard from their fathers they have not hidden.

19 To whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):

20 All the days the wicked mourn for himself, in the few years that are reserved for the oppressor.

21 The sound of terrors is in his ears; even in peace the desolator comes upon him.

22 He does not believe that he will return from darkness, but that the sword awaits him.

23 He wanders for bread, saying, "Where is he?" He knows that the day of darkness is near at hand.

24 Trouble and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him, as a king prepared for battle; 

25 For he has stretched out his hand against God, and has become angry with the Almighty.

26 He attacks him with a stiff neck and with the points of his shields.

27 Because he has covered his face with his fatness, and has made fatness on his sides.

28 And he has lived in desolate cities, in houses where no one lives, which are ready to be heaps of ruins.

29 He will not grow rich, nor will his wealth survive, nor will his possessions extend across the earth.

30 You will not escape from darkness; the flame of fire will dry up its branches, and the breath of its mouth will vanish.

31 Do not trust in vanity to deceive yourself, for vanity will be your reward.

32 It will be accomplished before its day, and its branch will not be green. 33 He will shake off his unripe grapes like the vine, and his blossom will fall like the olive tree.

34 For the assembly of the hypocrites will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

35 They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepares deceit.