What is the meaning of Job 27:14? Though his sons are many • Job pictures the wicked man surrounded by a large family, something that would normally be considered a blessing (Psalm 127:3–5). • Yet quantity is not the same as covenant favor. Scripture often warns that prosperity without righteousness is empty—see also Proverbs 11:21, where “Though the wicked join hands, they will not go unpunished.” • The verse reminds us that God looks past numbers to the heart (1 Samuel 16:7). A crowded household offers no shelter from divine justice. they are destined for the sword • “The sword” is a common biblical image for violent judgment (Jeremiah 25:31; Ezekiel 21:3–4). • Job asserts that even the next generation of an unrepentant man cannot escape consequences (Exodus 20:5 speaks similarly of sin’s ripple effect). • This is not random cruelty; it is the outworking of God’s moral order—Galatians 6:7 reminds us, “God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” and his offspring will never have enough food • Deprivation of bread is another sign of divine judgment (Leviticus 26:26; Amos 8:11). • The point is stark contrast: God promises abundance to the righteous—“The LORD will not let the righteous go hungry” (Proverbs 10:3)—but He withholds satisfaction from the wicked (Psalm 34:10). • Job, while defending his own integrity, is affirming that God’s justice ultimately stands, even when it seems delayed. summary Job 27:14 teaches that outward success—even a houseful of children—cannot shield the ungodly from God’s righteous judgment. Violence (“the sword”) and want (“never have enough food”) fall on the unrepentant line, proving that true security is found only in walking uprightly before the Lord. |
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