Job 27:19
He lies down rich, and he is not gathered, || He has opened his eyes, and he is not.
Literal Standard Version
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 has built his house as a moth, || And as a shelter a watchman has made.
20Terrors overtake him as waters, || By night a whirlwind has stolen him away.
Cross References
Job 7:8The eye of my beholder does not behold me. Your eyes [are] on me—and I am not.
Job 14:10And a man dies, and becomes weak, || And man expires, and where [is] he?
Job 20:5That the singing of the wicked [is] short, || And the joy of the profane for a moment,
Job 21:23This [one] dies in his perfect strength, || Wholly at ease and quiet.
Job 24:24They were high [for] a little, and they are not, || And they have been brought low. They are shut up as all [others], || And cut off as the head of an ear of grain.
Psalms 58:9Before your pots discern the bramble, || As living, He whirls away in His burning anger.
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 →