Job 27:21
And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
In Context
20Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night.
22And God shall cast trouble upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
Cross References
Exodus 9:23And Moses stretched forth his hand to heaven, and the Lord sent thunderings + 9:23 Gr. voices.and hail; and the fire ran along upon the ground, and the Lord rained hail on all the land of Egypt.
Job 21:18And they shall be as chaff before the wind, or as dust which the storm has taken up.
Psalms 58:9But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn; thou wilt utterly set at nought all the heathen.
Jeremiah 18:17I will scatter them before their enemies like an east wind; I will shew them the day of their destruction.
Nahum 1:3The Lord is long-suffering, and his power is great, and the Lord will not hold any guiltless: his way is in destruction and in the whirlwind, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
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 →