11 I will teach you about the hand of God.
That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 12 Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;
why then have you become altogether vain? 13 “This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty. 14 If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword.
His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those who remain of him shall be buried in death.
His widows shall make no lamentation. 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust,
and prepare clothing as the clay; 17 he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on,
and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18 He builds his house as the moth,
as a booth which the watchman makes. 19 He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again.
He opens his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors overtake him like waters.
A storm steals him away in the night. 21 The east wind carries him away, and he departs.
It sweeps him out of his place. 22 For it hurls at him, and does not spare,
as he flees away from his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him,
and shall hiss him out of 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?