Job 27:19
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
King James Version
In Context
18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Cross References
Job 7:8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
Job 14:10But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Job 20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job 21:23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Job 24:24They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and 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 →