Job 27:19
Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
Young's Literal Translation
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 hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.
20Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
Cross References
Job 7:8The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes [are] upon me — and I am not.
Job 14:10And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where [is] he?
Job 20:5That the singing of the wicked [is] short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,
Job 21:23This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
Job 24:24High they were [for] a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all [others] they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.
Psalms 58:9Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.
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 →