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18 “He has built his house like a moth’s cocoon,[a]
    like a temporary[b] sunshade that a watchman makes.
19 He will go to bed wealthy,
    but won’t be doing that anymore!
        When he opens his eyes, it will be gone!
20 Terror will overtake him like a flood,[c]
    at night, a tornado will sweep him away.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:18 The Heb. lacks cocoon
  2. Job 27:18 The Heb. lacks temporary
  3. Job 27:20 Lit. water