27:13 This is the portion of the wicked man
allotted by God, 1
the inheritance that evildoers receive
from the Almighty.
27:14 If his children increase – it is for the sword! 2
His offspring never have enough to eat. 3
1 tn The expression “allotted by God” interprets the simple prepositional phrase in the text: “with/from God.”
2 tn R. Gordis (Job, 294) identifies this as a breviloquence. Compare Ps 92:8 where the last two words also constitute the apodosis.
3 tn Heb “will not be satisfied with bread/food.”