Job 27:13

Translations

Modern

This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

Traditional

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

Literal

This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the ruthless which they receive from Shaddai.

Latin

Hæc est pars hominis impii apud Deum, et hæreditas violentorum, quam ob Omnipotente suscipient.

Original

Hebrew

English

This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

Notes

Job 27:9–23

Some interpreters think this is a new speech by Zophar. Without it, Zophar has no speech in this cycle.

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Job 20:19–29
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
2 Peter 2:9
…if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
Job 15:20–35
A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Ecclesiastes 8:13
Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
Psalm 12:5
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
Proverbs 22:22–23
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
James 5:4–6
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Psalm 11:6
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
Job 31:3
Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Book of Job Inheritance

Topics

Hypocrisy: General Scriptures Concerning Oppression: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To The Rich: General Scriptures Concerning Wicked (People): Punishment of Wicked (People): Temporal Punishment of

Job 27:13

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