Bible Strands
Job 20:29
This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Zophar addresses Job in his second speech, concluding his description of the wicked man’s ruined estate as God’s wrath arrives.
The words — חֵלֶק (chelek) means “portion,” and נַחֲלָת (nachalah) denotes “inheritance,” both describing what God assigns to the wicked.
The thread — This theme of a divinely appointed portion or inheritance for the wicked appears in Job 27:13 and Job 31:2.
Why it lands — The text states that God actively appoints a specific portion and inheritance to the wicked, demanding the reader recognize divine sovereignty over judgment rather than assuming moral chaos.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Cross-references
- Job 27:13 This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
- Job 31:2 For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
- Job 18:21 Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
- Psalms 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
- Lamentations 3:38 Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
- Matthew 24:51 Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Deuteronomy 29:20 The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven