Job 27:13
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it. Why then have ye become altogether vain?
14If his sons be multiplied, it is for the sword. And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Cross References
Job 15:20The wicked man travails with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
Job 20:29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
Job 31:3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
Psalms 12:5Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.
Ecclesiastes 8:13But it shall not be well with a wicked man, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow, because he did not fear before God.
Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the FALSE swearers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the f
Matthew Henry on Job 27:12-23
Heritage of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall… Read the whole commentary →