Job 27:13
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the portion of tyrants, which they shall receive from the Almighty.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
12Lo! ye yourselves have all beheld it: why is it then that ye deal in such vanities?
Cross References
Job 15:20All his days is the wicked plagued with pain, and the number of years which are laid by for the tyrant.
Job 20:29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and his decreed heritage from God.
Job 31:3Is not calamity [ready] for the unjust? and misfortune for the wrong-doers?
Psalms 12:5(12:6) Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord: I will grant safety to him for whom the other layeth a snare.
Ecclesiastes 8:13And that it will not be well with the wicked, and that he will not endure many days, like the shadow; because he is not afraid of God.
Malachi 3:5And I will come near unto you to [hold] judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against those that swear falsely, and against those that withhold the wages of the hired laborer, [oppress] the widow, and the fatherless, and that do injustice to the stranger, and fear me not, 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 →