Job 27:13
This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
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In Context
12Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?
Cross References
Job 15:20The impious is arrogant for all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
Job 20:29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his words from the Lord.
Job 31:3Is not destruction held for the wicked and repudiation kept for those who work injustice?
Psalms 12:5lest at any time my enemy may say, “I have prevailed against him.” Those who trouble me will exult, if I have been disturbed.
Ecclesiastes 8:13So, may it not go well with the impious, and may his days not be prolonged. And let those who do not fear the face of the Lord pass away like a shadow.
Malachi 3:5And I will approach you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against evil-doers, and adulterers, and perjurers, and those who cheat the hired hand in his wages, the widows and the orphans, and who oppress the traveler, and who have not feared me, says the Lord of hosts.
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 →