Job 27:14
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not have bread enough.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
15Those that remain of him shall be buried by pestilence, and his widows shall make no lamentation.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:41Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.
2 Kings 9:7And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
Esther 5:11And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and everything as to how 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 castle the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
Job 15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of 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 →