Job 27:14
If his children be in great nomber, the sworde shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
15His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widowes shall not weepe.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:41Thou shalt beget sonnes, and daughters, but shalt not haue them: for they shall goe into captiuitie.
2 Kings 9:7And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may auenge the blood of my seruants the Prophets, and the blood of al the seruants of the Lord of the hand of Iezebel.
Esther 5:11And Haman tolde them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the King had promoted him, and how that he had set him aboue the princes and seruants of the King.
Esther 9:6And at Shushan the palace slewe the Iewes and destroyed fiue hundreth men,
Job 15:22He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
Job 21:11They send forth their children like sheepe, and their sonnes dance.
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 →