Job 27:14
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:41Sons and daughters shalt thou beget, but thou shalt not have them [to be with thee]; for they shall go into captivity.
2 Kings 9:7And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master; and I will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah at the hand of Jezebel.
Esther 5:11And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
Esther 9:6And in Shushan the fortress the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
Job 15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children 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 →