God’s Word Translation
Job 27:13-23
13This is what God has waiting for the wicked person, the inheritance that tyrants receive from the Almighty:
14If he has many children, swords will kill them, and his descendants won’t have enough food.
15Those who survive him will be buried by a plague, and their widows won’t cry ⌞for them⌟.
16Though he collects silver like dust and piles up clothing like dirt,
17righteous people will wear what he piles up, and the innocent will divide the silver ⌞among themselves⌟.
18He builds his house like a moth, like a shack that a watchman makes.
19He may go to bed rich, but he’ll never be rich again. When he opens his eyes, nothing will be left.
20Terrors overtake him like a flood. A windstorm snatches him away at night.
21The east wind carries him away, and he’s gone. It sweeps him from his place.
22It hurls itself at him without mercy. He flees from its power.
23It claps its hands over him. It whistles at him from his own place.
Commentaries on Job 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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