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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,[a]
    at night, a tornado will sweep him away.
21 He’ll be swept up by a storm[b] wind and carried away;
    he’ll be whirled away from his place.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:20 Lit. water
  2. Job 27:21 Lit. east

19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;(A)
    when he opens his eyes, all is gone.(B)
20 Terrors(C) overtake him like a flood;(D)
    a tempest snatches him away in the night.(E)
21 The east wind(F) carries him off, and he is gone;(G)
    it sweeps him out of his place.(H)

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