This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
Parallel translations
- WEB “This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
- KJV This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
- NKJV “Thisis the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty:
- NASB ¶“This is the portion of a wicked person from God, And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty:
- NLT “This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty.
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Quick answer
Job describes the portion God assigns to the wicked oppressor. It matters because Job affirms that the wicked do face God's judgment in the end.
Overview
Job begins to lay out the heritage the wicked receive from the Almighty, introducing a description of their ultimate downfall. Notably, Job here affirms much of what his friends said about the wicked's doom, though he insists it does not apply to him. By granting that the wicked are judged while maintaining his innocence, Job shows that suffering is not always proof of guilt, a truth the cross of the sinless Christ makes unmistakable.
Cross-references & the web
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- Job 20:19–29For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
- Isa 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
- 2 Pet 2:9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
- Job 15:20–35A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
- Job 31:3Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
- Ps 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
- Ps 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
- Mal 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Jas 5:4–6Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
- Eccl 8:13Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
- Prov 22:22–23Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
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