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28 He will live in devastated towns,
    in abandoned houses
        that are about to become heaps of rubble.

29 “He won’t become rich and his wealth won’t last;
    he won’t expand his holdings to cover the land.
30 He won’t escape darkness;
    a flame will wither his shoots;
        and he’ll depart by the breath of God’s[a] mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:30 Lit. his

28 he will inhabit ruined towns
    and houses where no one lives,(A)
    houses crumbling to rubble.(B)
29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,(C)
    nor will his possessions spread over the land.(D)
30 He will not escape the darkness;(E)
    a flame(F) will wither his shoots,(G)
    and the breath of God’s mouth(H) will carry him away.(I)

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