Job 27:19
He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
In Context
18His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.
20Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.
Cross References
Job 7:8The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
Job 14:10But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?
Job 20:5That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?
Job 21:23One comes to his end in complete well-being, full of peace and quiet:
Job 24:24For a short time they are lifted up; then they are gone; they are made low, they are pulled off like fruit, and like the heads of grain they are cut off.
Psalms 58:9\58:8\Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.
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 →