Job 27:13 Cross References - LEB

¹³ "This is the portion of the wicked human being with God, and they receive from Shaddai the inheritance of the ruthless.

²⁰ "All of the wicked one's days he is writhing, even* through the number of years that are laid up for the tyrant. ²¹ Sounds of terror are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come against him. ²² _⌊He cannot trust that he will return_⌋* from darkness, and he himself* is destined for the sword. ²³ "He is wandering for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is ready _⌊at hand_⌋.* ²⁴ Anguish and distress terrify him; they* overpower him like a king ready for the battle. ²⁵ Because he stretched out his hand against God, and he was arrogant to Shaddai; ²⁶ he _⌊stubbornly_⌋* runs against him _⌊with his thick-bossed shield_⌋.* ²⁷ "Because he has covered his face with his fat and has gathered fat upon his loins, ²⁸ _⌊he will dwell_⌋* in desolate cities, in houses that they should not inhabit, which are destined for rubble. ²⁹ He will not become rich, and his wealth will not endure, and their possessions will not stretch across the earth.* ³⁰ "He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his new shoot, and by the wind of his mouth he shall be removed. ³¹ Let him not trust in emptiness—he will be deceiving himself— for worthlessness will be his recompense. ³² It will be paid in full _⌊before his time_⌋,* and his branch will not flourish. ³³ "He will shake off his unripe fruit like the vine, and he will cast off his blossom like the olive tree; ³⁴ for the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes. ³⁵ They conceive trouble and bring forth mischief, and their womb prepares deceit."

¹⁹ for he has oppressed; he has abandoned the poor; he has seized a house but* did not build it. ²⁰ Because he has not known satisfaction in his stomach, _⌊he lets nothing escape that he desires_⌋.* ²¹ _⌊There is nothing left after he has eaten_⌋;* therefore his prosperity will not endure. ²² In the fullness of his excess _⌊he will be in distress_⌋;* all of misery's power will come upon him. ²³ _⌊When his stomach fills up_⌋,* God will send _⌊his burning anger_⌋* upon him, and he will let it rain down upon him* as his food. ²⁴ "He will flee from an iron weapon, but an arrow of bronze will pierce him. ²⁵ He draws it forth, and it comes out from his body, and the glittering point comes from his gall-bladder; terrors come upon him. ²⁶ _⌊Total darkness_⌋* is hidden for his treasures;* _⌊an unfanned fire_⌋* will devour him; the remnant* _⌊will be consumed_⌋* in his tent. ²⁷ The heavens will reveal his guilt, and the earth will rise up against him. ²⁸ The products of his house will be carried away* like gushing waters* on the day of his wrath. ²⁹ This is a wicked human being's portion from God and the inheritance of his decree from God."*

³ Is not disaster for the evil one and ruin for the workers of mischief?

⁶ He will rain coals* on the wicked. Burning sulfur and scorching wind will be the portion of their cup.

⁵ "Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the poor, now I will rise up," Yahweh says. "I shall put them in the safety for which they* long."

²² Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate; ²³ For Yahweh will plead their case and despoil those who despoil them of life.*

¹³ But it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not prolong their days, like the shadow; because there is no fearing _⌊God's presence_⌋.*

¹¹ Woe to the wicked!* It is bad! For what is done by his hands will be done to him.

⁵ "Then I will approach you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers, and against those who swear _⌊falsely_⌋,* and against the oppressors of the hired worker with his wages, the widow and the orphan, and _⌊the abusers of_⌋* the alien,* and yet do not fear me," says Yahweh of hosts.

⁴ Behold, the wages that were held back by you from the workers who reap your fields cry out, and the cries of the reapers have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts. ⁵ You have lived self-indulgently on the earth* and have lived luxuriously. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter. ⁶ You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous person; he does not resist you.

⁹ then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to reserve the unrighteous to be punished at* the day of judgment,