Job 27:19
Rich will he lie down, but will not be gathered [into the grave]: one openeth his eyes, and he is no more.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
In Context
18He buildeth his house like the moth, and like a hut that a keeper hath made.
20Like a flood will terror overtake him, in the night a tempest will steal him away.
Cross References
Job 7:8The eye of him that seeth me now will not behold me again: [thou fixest] thy eyes upon me, and I am no more.
Job 14:10But man dieth, and lieth powerless: yea, the son of earth departeth—and where is he?
Job 20:5That the triumphal shouting of the wicked is ever of but a recent date, and the joy of the hypocrite endureth only for a moment.
Job 21:23That this one dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
Job 24:24They are exalted; in but a little while they are no more; and they are brought down low: like all others are they gathered in, and like the top of the ear of corn are they cut off.
Psalms 58:9(58:10) Before your pots can feel the thorns, will he take them away with a whirlwind, both the green and the burning.
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 →