Job 20:28
The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.
Bible in Basic English
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 make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.
29This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God.
Cross References
2 Kings 20:17Truly, days are coming when everything in your house, and whatever your fathers have put in store till this day, will be taken away to Babylon: all will be gone, says the Lord.
Job 20:10His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.
Job 21:30How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?
Job 31:12It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.
Zephaniah 1:18Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.
James 5:1Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.
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 →