Job 27:19
He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
Majority Standard Bible
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
18The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.
20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
Cross References
Job 7:8The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
Job 14:10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
Job 21:23One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
Job 24:24They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.
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 →