Job 27:20
Terrors overtake him like waters. A tempest steals him away in the night.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
In Context
19He lays down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
21The east wind carries him away, and he departs, and it sweeps him out of his place.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:35And it came to pass that night, that the agent of LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred eighty-five thousand. And when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
Job 18:11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels.
Job 20:23When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and will rain it upon him while he is eating.
Job 22:16Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me, and the floods of lawlessness made me afraid.
Psalms 69:14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Matthew Henry on Job 27:12-23
Heritage of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall… Read the whole commentary →