13 This is the [a]portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of tyrants, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

14 If his children be in great number, the sword shall destroy them, and his posterity shall not be satisfied with bread.

15 His remnant shall be buried in death, and his widows [b]shall not weep.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:13 Thus will God order the wicked, and punish him even unto his posterity.
  2. Job 27:15 None shall lament him.

13 “Here is the fate God allots to the wicked,
    the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:(A)
14 However many his children,(B) their fate is the sword;(C)
    his offspring will never have enough to eat.(D)
15 The plague will bury those who survive him,
    and their widows will not weep for them.(E)

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