Job 27:20
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
King James Version
In Context
19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:35And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Job 18:11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Job 20:23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
Job 22:16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
Psalms 18:4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Psalms 69:14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, 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 →