Job 27:13
This is the portion of the wicked man from God,—The inheritance which oppressors receive from the Almighty.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; Why then do ye cherish such vain thoughts?
Cross References
Job 15:20“All his days the wicked man is in pain; Yea, all the years, that are laid up for the oppressor.
Job 20:29Such is the portion of the wicked man from God, And the inheritance appointed for him by the Almighty.
Job 31:3Is not destruction for the wicked, And ruin for the workers of iniquity?
Psalms 12:5For the oppression of the poor and the sighing of the wretched, Now will I stand up, saith the LORD; I will set in safety him whom they puff at.
Ecclesiastes 8:13But it shall not be well with the wicked: he shall be like a shadow, and shall not prolong his days, because he feareth not before God.
Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; And I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, and against adulterers, and against false swearers, And against those who defraud the hireling of his hire, And oppress the widow and the fatherless, And turn aside the stranger from his right, And fear not me, saith Jehovah 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 →