Job 20:28
The offspring of his house shall be exposed, he shall be pulled down in the day of God's wrath.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 inheritance of his doings from the Lord.
Cross References
2 Kings 20:17Behold the days shall come, that all that is in thy house, and that thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
Job 20:10His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render him his sorrow.
Job 21:30Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to the day of wrath.
Job 31:12It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.
Zephaniah 1:18Neither shall their silver and their gold be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: all the land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy, for he shall make even a speedy destruction of all them that dwell in the land.
James 5:1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl in your miseries, which shall 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 →