Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
Job 27:13 - Revised Standard Version “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage which oppressors receive from the Almighty: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This [which I am about to tell] is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage which oppressors shall receive from the Almighty: American Standard Version (1901) This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty: Common English Bible This is the wicked’s portion with God, the inheritance that the ruthless receive from the Almighty. Catholic Public Domain Version This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty. |
Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
What would be my portion from God above, and my heritage from the Almighty on high?
Does not calamity befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers of iniquity?
On the wicked he will rain coals of fire and brimstone; a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
but it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have done shall be done to him.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,