Job 27:21
The east wind picks them up and they're gone, carried away from where they were.
Free Bible Version
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
20Waves of panic flood over them; in the night a whirlwind snatches them away.
22The wind blows at them with full force; they try desperately to escape.
Cross References
Exodus 9:23Moses held up his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and made lightning hit the ground. This is how the Lord rained hail down on Egypt.
Job 21:18Are they blown along like straw in the wind? Does a tornado come in and carry them away?
Psalms 58:9Before the cooking pot is hot from burning thorns, whether fresh or dry, God will blow them away.
Jeremiah 18:17Like a strong wind from the east I will scatter them before the enemy. I will turn my back on them and not look at them when their time of trouble comes.
Nahum 1:3The Lord is slow to become angry, has great power, and will not leave the guilty unpunished. He walks among the whirlwind and the storm; the clouds are like dust beneath 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 →