Holy Scripture
Job 20:9
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“This means that their ruin comes suddenly, so that you may not believe that their calamity comes from a natural condition but that it is in accordance with a divine and extraordinary power. Moreover, this concerns not only their crimes but also their sacrifices. If they offer any, they turn out to be useless. "Let his…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9The eye has looked upon him, but shall not see him again; And his place shall no longer perceive him.
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7For when he shall seem to be now established, Then he shall utterly perish: And they that knew him shall say, Where is he?
8Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; And he has fled like a vision of the night.
— Job 20:9 —
10Let his inferiors destroy his children, And let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.
11His bones have been filled with vigor of his youth, And it shall lie down with him in the dust.