27:13 This is the portion of the wicked man
allotted by God, 1
the inheritance that evildoers receive
from the Almighty.
24:6 They reap fodder 2 in the field,
and glean 3 in the vineyard of the wicked.
1 tn The expression “allotted by God” interprets the simple prepositional phrase in the text: “with/from God.”
2 tc The word בְּלִילוֹ (bÿlilo) means “his fodder.” It is unclear to what this refers. If the suffix is taken as a collective, then it can be translated “they gather/reap their fodder.” The early versions all have “they reap in a field which is not his” (taking it as בְּלִי לוֹ, bÿli lo). A conjectural emendation would change the word to בַּלַּיְלָה (ballaylah, “in the night”). But there is no reason for this.
3 tn The verbs in this verse are uncertain. In the first line “reap” is used, and that would be the work of a hired man (and certainly not done at night). The meaning of this second verb is uncertain; it has been taken to mean “glean,” which would be the task of the poor.