Job 27:13
“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
14If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
Cross References
Job 15:20the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
Job 20:29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.”
Job 31:3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
Psalms 12:5“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
Ecclesiastes 8:13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow, because he doesn’t fear God.
Malachi 3:5I will come near to you to judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says the LORD of Armies.
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 →