New Living Translation
Job 27:13
13“This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance 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 God’s power. I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty. 12But you have seen all this, yet you say all these useless things to me. “This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty. 14They may have many children, but the children will die in war or starve to death. 15Those who survive will die of a plague, and not even their widows will mourn 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 20:29This is the reward that God gives the wicked. It is the inheritance decreed by God.”
- Job 31:3Isn’t it calamity for the wicked and misfortune for those who do evil?
- Psalms 11:6He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked, punishing them with scorching winds.
- Ecclesiastes 8:13The wicked will not prosper, for they do not fear God. Their days will never grow long like the evening shadows.
- Isaiah 3:11But the wicked are doomed, for they will get exactly what they deserve.
- 2 Peter 2:9So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.
- Job 15:20“The wicked writhe in pain throughout their lives. Years of trouble are stored up for the ruthless.
- Job 20:19For they oppressed the poor and left them destitute. They foreclosed on their homes.
- Psalms 12:5The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”
- Proverbs 22:22Don’t rob the poor just because you can, or exploit the needy in court.
- Malachi 3:5“At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
- James 5:4For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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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