Job 27:19
When the rich man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.
20Terrours shall take him as waters, and a tempest shall cary him away by night.
Cross References
Job 7:8The eye that hath seene me, shall see me no more: thine eyes are vpon me, and I shall be no longer.
Job 14:10But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?
Job 20:5That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment?
Job 21:23One dyeth in his full strength, being in all ease and prosperitie.
Job 24:24They are exalted for a litle, but they are gone, and are brought lowe as all others: they are destroyed, and cut off as the toppe of an eare of corne.
Psalms 58:9As raw flesh before your pots feele the fire of thornes: so let him cary them away as with a whirlewinde in his wrath.
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 →