Job 27:15

His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Job addresses his companions while detailing the inevitable ruin of the wicked, immediately after noting that his offspring will lack food and face violence.

The words — שְׂרִידָיו (se.ri.do/v) translates literally to "his survivors," and אַלְמְנוֹתָיו ('al.me.no.Ta/v) means "his widows." The text states these survivors will be buried by death and their widows will not weep.

The thread — This pattern of unwept widows and violent death appears in Psalms 78:64 and 1 Kings 14:10, where divine judgment leaves the wicked's families without mourning or provision.

Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that material accumulation cannot shield a person or their family from judgment, leaving even customary grief unexpressed.

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The Hebrew words

שְׂ֭רִידָיוse.ri.do/vsurvivors/ his בַּמָּ֣וֶתba./Ma.vetby <the>/ death יִקָּבֵ֑רוּyi.ka.Ve.ruthey will be buried וְ֝אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יוve./'al.me.no.Ta/vand/ widows/ his לֹ֣אlo'not תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃tiv.Kei.nahthey will weep

King James Version

Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

Cross-references

Psalms 78:64 His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
1 Kings 14:10 Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
1 Kings 16:3 So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:
1 Kings 21:21 This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.
Jeremiah 22:18 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’