Job 27:19
He lies down rich, but he will not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
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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 builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes.
20Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.
Cross References
Job 7:8The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
Job 14:10But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
Job 20:5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Job 21:23One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Job 24:24They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
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 →