Job 27:13
This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
12Behold, ye yourselves have all seen [it]; and why are ye thus altogether vain?
Cross References
Job 15:20All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
Job 20:29This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
Job 31:3Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity?
Psalms 12:5Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set [him] in safety, at whom they puff.
Ecclesiastes 8:13but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days as a shadow, because he feareth not 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 that oppress the hired servant in [his] wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah 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 →