Job 20:28
The offspring of his house will be exposed; he will be pulled down in the day of God’s wrath.
Catholic Public Domain 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 will reveal his sinfulness, and the earth will rise up against him.
29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his words from the Lord.
Cross References
2 Kings 20:17Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and all that your fathers have stored up even to this day, will be carried away to Babylon. Nothing at all shall remain, says the Lord.
Job 20:10His sons will be worn away by poverty, and his own hands will deliver his grief to him.
Job 21:30that the evil-doer is reserved for the day of destruction, and he will be led to the day of wrath.
Job 31:12It is a fire devouring all the way to perdition, and it roots out all that springs forth.
Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver, nor their gold, will be able to free them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. All the land will be devoured in the fire of his zeal, for with all speed, he will bring to consummation every inhabitant of the land.
James 5:1Act now, you who are wealthy! Weep and wail in your miseries, which will soon come upon 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 →