Parallel Verses
Amplified
“This [which I am about to explain] is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants and oppressors receive from the Almighty:
New American Standard Bible
And the inheritance which
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.
Holman Bible
the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
International Standard Version
"This is what a wicked person inherits from God, and what the ruthless will receive from the Almighty:
A Conservative Version
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
American Standard Version
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:
Bible in Basic English
This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.
Darby Translation
This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty: --
Julia Smith Translation
This the portion of an unjust man with God, and the inheritance of the terrible they shall take from the Almighty.
King James 2000
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"This [is the] portion of [the] wicked human being with God, and they receive from Shaddai [the] inheritance of [the] ruthless.
Modern King James verseion
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of cruel men which they shall receive from the Almighty.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
saying, 'This is that portion that the wicked shall have of God, and the heritage that Tyrants shall receive of the Almighty'?
NET Bible
This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.
New Heart English Bible
"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from Shaddai.
The Emphasized Bible
This, is the portion of a lawless man with GOD, That, the heritage of tyrants - from the Almighty, he shall receive.
Webster
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
World English Bible
"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
Youngs Literal Translation
This is the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.
Themes
Profit and loss » Loss » The wages of sin do not profit
Sin » Unpardonable, the » Wages of
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 27:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Continues His Final Speech
12
“Behold, all of you have seen it;
Why then do you act vainly and foolishly [cherishing worthless concepts]?
“This [which I am about to explain] is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants and oppressors receive from the Almighty:
“Though his children are many, they are destined for the sword;
And his descendants will not have sufficient bread.
Cross References
Job 15:20-35
“The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.
Job 20:19-29
“For he has oppressed and neglected the poor;
He has violently taken away houses which he did not build.
Job 31:3
“Does not tragedy fall [justly] on the unjust
And disaster to those who work wickedness?
Psalm 11:6
Upon the wicked (godless) He will rain coals of fire;
Fire and
Psalm 12:5
“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
Proverbs 22:22-23
Do not rob the poor because he is poor [and defenseless],
Nor crush the afflicted [by legal proceedings] at the gate [where the city court is held],
Ecclesiastes 8:13
But it will not be well for the evil man, nor will he lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.
Isaiah 3:11
Woe (judgment is coming) to the wicked! It shall go badly with him,
For what his hand has done shall be done to him.
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and against those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the Lord of hosts.
James 5:4-6
Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of
2 Peter 2:9
then [in light of the fact that all this is true, be sure that] the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and how to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,