Job 27:14

If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

In Context

13This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.

15When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:41You will have sons and daughters, but they will not be yours; for they will go away prisoners into a strange land.

2 Kings 9:7You are to see that the family of Ahab your master is cut off, so that I may take from Jezebel payment for the blood of my servants the prophets, and for the blood of all the servants of the Lord.

Esther 5:11And he gave them an account of the glories of his wealth, and the number of children he had, and the ways in which he had been honoured by the king, and how he had put him over the captains and servants of the king.

Esther 9:6And in Shushan the Jews put to death five hundred men.

Job 15:22He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;

Job 21:11They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the dance,

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 →

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