Job 27:20

Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

In Context

19The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.

21A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:35And it came to pass that night, that an angel of the Lord came, and slew in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when he arose early in the morning, he saw all the bodies of the dead.

Job 18:11Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.

Job 20:23May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him.

Job 22:16Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation.

Psalms 18:4Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved from my enemies.

Psalms 69:14But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O Lord; for the time of thy good pleasure, O God. In the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

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 →

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