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Job 27:13
This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks to his three friends during his final speech, directly responding to their repeated accusations after dismissing their arguments as empty in verse 12. He delivers this statement as a closing definition of the fate awaiting the wicked.
The words — The Hebrew חֵלֶק (chelek) translates literally to "portion," paired with נַחֲלָה (nachalah), meaning "inheritance," to designate the fixed allotment the wicked receive.
The thread — Job 15:20 notes that only a few years are reserved for the ruthless, while Isaiah 3:11 states that disaster comes upon them as repayment for their own hands.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to acknowledge that moral conduct dictates a guaranteed outcome, rendering defenses of the wicked's prosperity empty and removing grounds for the friends' accusations.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
Cross-references
- Job 20:19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
- Job 15:20 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.
- 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 31:3 Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
- Psalms 11:6 On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
- Psalms 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 Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- 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.
- 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.