19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
19 He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.
19 They go to bed wealthy and wake up poor.
19 The rich man will lie down, But not be gathered up; He opens his eyes, And he is no more.
19 The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 27:19
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?