Job 27:20
Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
In Context
19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:35And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
Job 20:23When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
Job 22:16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
Psalms 69:14Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of 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 →