Job 27:20
Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
In Context
21The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:35And that night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men; and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.
Job 18:11He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.
Job 20:23God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.
Job 22:16Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:
Psalms 18:4\18:3\I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.
Psalms 69:14\69:13\But as for me, let my prayer be made to you, O Lord, at a time when you are pleased; O God, give me an answer in your great mercy, for your salvation is certain.
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 →