Job 27:14

If his children be multiplied, it is only for the sword; and his offspring will not be satisfied with bread.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

In Context

13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the portion of tyrants, which they shall receive from the Almighty.

15Those of his that are left to escape will be buried by death; and his widows will not be able to weep.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:41Sons and daughters wilt thou beget; but they shall not remain thine: for they shall go into captivity.

2 Kings 9:7And thou shalt smite the house of Achab 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 Izebel.

Esther 5:11And Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had made him great, and how he had advanced him above the princes and the servants of the king.

Esther 9:6And in Shushan the capital the Jews slew and exterminated five hundred men.

Job 15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword.

Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children skip about [with joy].

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 →

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