Bible in Basic English
"He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer."
— Job 27:19, Bible in Basic English
“The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.”
Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;
He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.
His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.
He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.
Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.
The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.
God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.