Holy Scripture
Job 27:20
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“Want shall take hold of him like water; a tempest shall overwhelm him in the night. Let us look now at the want of the rich man as burning, whose abundance was so great as feasting. For he says, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue for I…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
20Pains have come upon him as water, And darkness has carried him away by night.
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In context
18And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider’s web.
19The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: He has opened his eyes, and he is not.
— Job 27:20 —
21And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, And it shall utterly drive him out of his place.
22And God shall cast trouble upon him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.