Job 27:21
It is as though the wind from the east picks them up and carries them away from their homes, and they disappear.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Exodus 9:23So Moses/I lifted his/my stick up toward the sky. And Yahweh sent down hail, all over the land of Egypt. There was also thunder and lightning.
Job 21:18He does not blow them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
Psalms 58:9Get rid of them as fast as thornbushes are blown away after they are cut (OR, as fast as a fire heats a pot over burning thorns).
Jeremiah 18:17I will scatter the people when their enemies attack them like dust is scattered by an east wind. And when they experience all those difficulties/disasters, I will turn my back on them and refuse to help them.”
Nahum 1:3Yahweh does not quickly become angry; but he is very powerful, and he will certainly punish [LIT] those who have done evil things [MTY]. He shows his power by sending whirlwinds and storms, and clouds are like [MET] the dust stirred up by 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 →