Job 27:13
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, 1 the heritage of the oppressor that he receives from the Almighty: 1
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12See, all of you have seen this yourselves; 1 why then have you spoken all this nonsense? 1
14If his children multiply, it is for the sword; 1 his offspring will never have enough food. 1
Cross References
Job 15:20The wicked man twists in pain all his days, 1 the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor to suffer. 1
Job 20:29This is the wicked man's portion from God, 1 the heritage reserved for him by God.”
Job 31:3I used to think that calamity is for unrighteous people, 1 and that disaster is for doers of wickedness. 1
Psalms 12:5“Because of violence against the poor, because of the groans of the needy, 1 I will arise,” says Yahweh. 1 “I will provide the safety for which they long.” 1
Ecclesiastes 8:13But it will not go well for a wicked man; his life will not be prolonged. His days are like a fleeting shadow because he does not honor God.
Malachi 3:5“Then I will approach you for judgment. I will quickly become a witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, the false witnesses, and against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, against those who turn away the foreigner, and against those who do not honor me,” says Yahweh 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 →