Job 27:13
This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, || And the inheritance of terrible ones || They receive from the Mighty.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12Behold, you—all of you—have seen, || And why [is] this—you are altogether vain?
14If his sons multiply—a sword [is] for them. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
Cross References
Job 15:20All [the] days of the wicked he is paining himself, || And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
Job 20:29This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God. And an inheritance appointed him by God.”
Job 31:3Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?
Psalms 12:5Because of the spoiling of the poor, || Because of the groaning of the needy, || Now I arise, says YHWH, || I set in safety [him who] breathes for it.
Ecclesiastes 8:13And good is not to the wicked, and he does not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.
Malachi 3:5And I have drawn near to you for judgment, || And I have been a witness, || Making haste against sorcerers, and against adulterers, || And against swearers to a falsehood, || And against oppressors of the hire of a hired worker, || Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, || And those turning aside a sojourner, || And who do not fear Me,” said YHWH 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 →