Job 27:14

If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword.His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

New Heart English Bible

In The King James Version

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

In Context

13"This is the portion of a wicked man with God,the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

15Those who remain of him shall be buried in death.His widows shall make no lamentation.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:41You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours; for they shall go into captivity.

2 Kings 9:7You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel.

Esther 5:11Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

Esther 9:6In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

Job 15:22He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness.He is waited for by the sword.

Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock.Their children 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 →

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