Job 27:21
And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, 1 And it shall utterly drive him out of his place. 1
Updated 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, 1 And darkness has carried him away by night. 1
22And God shall cast trouble upon him, and not spare: 1 He would fain flee out of his hand. 1
Cross References
Exodus 9:23And Moses stretched forth his hand to heaven, and the Lord sent thunderings 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, 1 Or as dust which the storm has taken up. 1
Psalms 58:9But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn; 1 Thou wilt utterly set at nought all the heathen. 1
Jeremiah 18:17I will scatter them before their enemies like an east wind; I will show 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 →