Job 27:22
The wind blows at them with full force; they try desperately to escape.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
In Context
21The east wind picks them up and they're gone, carried away from where they were.
23People clap their hands at them and hiss at them wherever they are.”
Cross References
Exodus 9:14This time I will direct all my plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you will realize that there is no one like me in all the earth.
Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord would never want to pardon them. In fact, his passionate anger will burn against them, and every curse written in this book will fall on them. The Lord will erase their name from the earth,
Joshua 10:11As they ran away from the Israelites down the slope from Beth-horon, the Lord hurled large hailstones down on them from the skies all the way to Azekah. More were killed by the hailstones than were killed by the swords of the Israelites.
1 Samuel 25:29If anyone pursues you and tries to kill you, then your life will remain bound up with those the Lord your God looks after, safe in his care. But he will throw away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
Job 20:24As they flee to escape an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will strike them down.
Isaiah 10:3What are you going to do on the day you're punished, when disaster falls on you from far away? Who are you going to run to so you can get help? Where are you going to leave all your wealth?
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 →