New English Translation
Job 27:13
13This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.
Job 27:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
- New International Version (NIV)“Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
- English Standard Version (ESV)"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty:
- New King James Version (NKJV)“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty:
Context of Job 27:13
11I will teach you about the power of God; What is on the Almighty’s mind I will not conceal. 12If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk? This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty. 14If his children increase – it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat. 15Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them.
Read all of Job 27Job 27:13 word by word
זֶ֤ה׀ חֵֽלֶק־אָדָ֖ם רָשָׁ֥ע׀ עִם־אֵ֑ל וְֽנַחֲלַ֥ת עָ֝רִיצִ֗ים מִשַּׁדַּ֥י יִקָּֽחוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- the portionחֵ֫לֶקchêleq · portionH2506
- of a wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
- manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
- with Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
- and the heritageנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
- of oppressorsעָרִיץ‛ârîyts · ruthlessH6184
- they shall receiveלָקַחlâqach · to take: recieveH3947
- of the Almightyשַׁדַּיshadday · AlmightyH7706
Cross-references for Job 27:13
- Job 20:29Such is the lot God allots the wicked, and the heritage of his appointment from God.”
- Job 31:3Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?
- Psalms 11:6May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!
- Ecclesiastes 8:13But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.
- Isaiah 3:11Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
- 2 Peter 2:9– if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,
- Job 15:20All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.
- Job 20:19For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.
- Psalms 12:5“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the Lord. “I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”
- Proverbs 22:22Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,
- Malachi 3:5“I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.
- James 5:4Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
Commentaries on Job 27:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13This is the portion of a wicked man - Job now commences his promised teaching; and what follows is a description of the lot or portion of the wicked man and of tyrants. And this remuneration shall they have with God in general, though the hand of man be not laid upon them. Though he does not at all times show his displeasure against the wicked, by reducing them to a state of poverty and affliction, yet he often does it so that men may see it; and at other…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13This is the portion of a wicked man with God - There has been much diversity of view in regard to the remainder of this chapter. The difficulty is, that Job seems here to state the same things which had been maintained by his friends, and against which he had all along contended. This difficulty has been felt to be very great, and is very great. It cannot be denied, that there is a great resemblance between the sentiments here expressed and those which…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-23Verses 11-23 Job's friends, on the same subject, spoke of the misery of wicked men before death as proportioned to their crimes; Job considered that if it were not so, still the consequences of their death would be dreadful. Job undertook to set this matter in a true light. Death to a godly man, is like a fair gale of wind to convey him to the heavenly country; but, to a wicked man, it is like a storm, that hurries him away to destruction. While he lived…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-23Some interpreters think this is a new speech by Zophar. Without it, Zophar has no speech in this cycle.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2311-23. These words are contrary to Job's previous sentiments (see on Job 21:22-33; Job 24:22-25). Job 21:22-33; 24:22-25). They therefore seem to be Job's statement, not so much of his own sentiments, as of what Zophar would have said had he spoken when his turn came (end of the twenty-sixth chapter). So Job stated the friends' opinion (Job 21:17-21; 24:18-21). The objection is, why, if so, does not Job answer Zophar's opinion, as stated by himself? The…Read the comment
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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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