Job 20:28
The increase of his house shall depart, flowed away in the day of his wrath.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
In Context
27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
Cross References
2 Kings 20:17Behold, the days come that all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store to this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says LORD.
Job 20:10His sons shall seek the favor of the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth.
Job 21:30that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
Job 31:12For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of LORD's wrath, but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy. For he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in
James 5:1Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:24-29
23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity;… Read the whole commentary →