Job 27:13
in Job 27This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:
KJV
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
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This verse in Job 27
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThis is the portion of a wicked man with God,.... Not to be punished in this life, but after death. This is what Job undertook to teach his friends, and is the purport of what follows in this chapter.
This site's exposition
This is the wicked man’s portion from God
on Job 27:13-15
"This is the wicked man’s portion from God" opens a list that reads like the friends' doctrine. Readers divide over whether Job concedes the wicked meet a bad end or rehearses the friends' creed to expose its thinness. Some modern critics give part of it to Zophar's missing third speech.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Consider that since God is the Creator and Governor of all things, all receive something from him like an inheritance from a father. Evil men receive from God the temporal goods of this world as their share and their inheritance, and Wisdom speaks in their …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
They are above the control of any earthly power, it may be, but the Almighty can deal with them. He does it, by showing that wicked people may, in some instances, prosper, but that ruin follows them in those very instances; and that is their portion, that is their heritage, that is it which they must abide by.
Job's Protestation of His Sincerity. 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
This 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.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The fact is, it is probable that Job tacitly, by giving, in the twenty-eighth chapter, only a general answer, implies, that in spite of the wicked often dying, as he said, in prosperity, he does not mean to deny that the wicked are in the main dealt with according to right, and that God herein vindicates His moral government even here.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
This 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 times he seems to pass them by, reserving their judgment for another world, that men may not forget that there is a day of judgment and perdition for ungodly men, and a future recompense for the righteous.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
all of you have seen that this is the portion of a wicked man.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
If his sons increase they will increase for the sword. in death They will die amidst suffering and sicknesses, until his widows will be happy at their death and will not weep.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זֶ֤ה׀ | zeh | this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| חֵֽלֶק־ | chelek- | [is the] portion of | H2506 → | 67 times |
| אָדָ֖ם | ʾadam | a person | H120 → | 551 times |
| רָשָׁ֥ע׀ | rasha' | wicked | H7563 → | 263 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֵ֑ל | ʾel | God | H410 → | 241 times |
| וְֽנַחֲלַ֥ת | venachalat | and [the] inheritance of | H5159 → | 222 times |
| עָ֝רִיצִ֗ים | ʾaritzim | ruthless [people] | H6184 → | 20 times |
| מִשַּׁדַּ֥י | mishadai | [which] from [the] Almighty | H7706 → | 48 times |
| יִקָּֽחוּ׃ | yikachu | they will receive | H3947 → | 966 times |
זֶ֤ה׀this
zehH2088 →1180 times
חֵֽלֶק־[is the] portion of
chelek-H2506 →67 times
אָדָ֖םa person
ʾadamH120 →551 times
רָשָׁ֥ע׀wicked
rasha'H7563 →263 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֵ֑לGod
ʾelH410 →241 times
וְֽנַחֲלַ֥תand [the] inheritance of
venachalatH5159 →222 times
עָ֝רִיצִ֗יםruthless [people]
ʾaritzimH6184 →20 times
מִשַּׁדַּ֥י[which] from [the] Almighty
mishadaiH7706 →48 times
יִקָּֽחוּ׃they will receive
yikachuH3947 →966 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Peter 2:9if 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.
it leads to
- Psalms 34:15–19
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will…
- Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the…
- 2 Timothy 3:12
Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
- Jude 1:14–15
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
- Psalms 34:15–19
Through
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
it leads to
- 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.
- James 2:13
For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Psalms 120:3–4
What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
- Ecclesiastes 8:13
Where this verse is studied
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About Job
This page draws on A. B. Davidson, The Book of Job, Cambridge Bible; Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Book of Job; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.