Job 27:20
There shall reach him—like waters—terrors, By night, a storm-wind hath stolen him away;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
In Context
19The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not.
21An east wind shall lift him up, and he shall depart, and it shall sweep him away out of his place;
Cross References
2 Kings 19:35And it came to pass, during that night, that the messenger of Yahweh went forth, and smote, in the camp of the Assyrians, a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And, when men arose early in the morning, lo! they were all, dead bodies!
Job 18:11Round about, terrors have startled him, and have driven him to his feet.
Job 20:23It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will thrust at him the glow of his anger, and rain [it] upon him for his punishment.
Job 22:16Who were snatched away before the time, and, a stream, washed away their foundation?
Psalms 18:4The meshes of death encompassed me, The torrents of perdition, made me afraid;
Psalms 69:14Rescue me out of the mire, lest I sink, Let me be rescued, From my haters, and, From abysses of 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 →