11 "I will instruct you in the power of God ; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal . 12 "Behold , all of you have seen it; Why then do you act foolishly ? 13 "This is the portion of a wicked man from God , And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty . 14 "Though his sons are many , they are destined for the sword ; And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread . 15 "His survivors will be buried because of the plague , And their widows will not be able to weep . 16 "Though he piles up silver like dust And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay , 17 He may prepare it, but the just will wear it And the innocent will divide the silver . 18 "He has built his house like the spider's web, Or as a hut which the watchman has made . 19 "He lies down rich , but never again ; He opens his eyes , and it is no longer . 20 " Terrors overtake him like a flood ; A tempest steals him away in the night . 21 "The east wind carries him away, and he is gone , For it whirls him away from his place . 22 "For it will hurl at him without sparing ; He will surely try to flee from its power . 23 "Men will clap their hands at him And will hiss him from his place .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 27:11-23
Commentary on Job 27:11-23
(Read Job 27:11-23)
Job's friends, on the same subject, spoke of the misery of wicked men before death as proportioned to their crimes; Job considered that if it were not so, still the consequences of their death would be dreadful. Job undertook to set this matter in a true light. Death to a godly man, is like a fair gale of wind to convey him to the heavenly country; but, to a wicked man, it is like a storm, that hurries him away to destruction. While he lived, he had the benefit of sparing mercy; but now the day of God's patience is over, and he will pour out upon him his wrath. When God casts down a man, there is no flying from, nor bearing up under his anger. Those who will not now flee to the arms of Divine grace, which are stretched out to receive them, will not be able to flee from the arms of Divine wrath, which will shortly be stretched out to destroy them. And what is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and thus lose his own soul?