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28 they will live in desolate cities,
    in houses that no one should inhabit,
    houses destined to become heaps of ruins;
29 they will not be rich, and their wealth will not endure,
    nor will they strike root in the earth;[a]
30 they will not escape from darkness;
    the flame will dry up their shoots,
    and their blossom[b] will be swept away[c] by the wind.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:29 Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Job 15:30 Gk: Heb mouth
  3. Job 15:30 Cn: Heb will depart

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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