Job 27:13
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
12Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become altogether vain?
14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not have bread enough.
Cross References
Job 15:20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
Job 20:29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Job 31:3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
Psalms 12:5(12-6) 'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise', saith the LORD; '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, which are 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 false swearers; and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not Me, saith 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 →