Job 27:20
Waves of panic flood over them; in the night a whirlwind snatches them away.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
In Context
19They go to bed rich, but never again! For when they wake up, it's all gone.
21The east wind picks them up and they're gone, carried away from where they were.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:35That night the angel of the Lord went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000. When the survivors woke up in the morning, they were surrounded by dead bodies.
Job 18:11Terrors scare the wicked, coming at them from every side, chasing them, biting at their heels.
Job 20:23While they are busy filling their bellies, God's hostility will burn against them, raining down on them.
Job 22:16They were taken before their time; all they had built was washed away.
Psalms 18:4Ropes of death encircled me, surging waters of destruction flooded over me;
Psalms 69:14Please rescue me from the mud—don't let me sink! Save me from those who hate me and from drowning in the deep waters!
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 →