Job 27:15

"If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring will not be satisfied with bread."

Key Reflection

In Job 27:15, the verse suggests that even if a wicked person's family grows, their prosperity is fleeting; their children and descendants will face hardship, including war and famine, symbolizing divine retribution. This reflects the broader narrative of justice and consequence in the book of Job, where blessings often come with a hidden price.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Those that remain of him -Those that survive him. Shall be buried in death -Hebrew “shall be buried BY death” (במותbamâveth), that is. “Death shall be the grave-digger” - or, they shall have no friends to bury them; they shall be unburied. The idea is highly poetical, and the expression is very tender. They would have no one to weep over them, and no one to prepare for them a grave; there would be no procession, no funeral dirge, no train of weeping attendants; even the members of their own family would not weep over them.

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