Job 27:21
An east wind shall lift him up, and he shall depart, and it shall sweep him away out of his place;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
20There shall reach him—like waters—terrors, By night, a storm-wind hath stolen him away;
22And He will cast upon him and not spare, Out of his hand, shall he, swiftly flee;
Cross References
Exodus 9:23So Moses stretched forth his staff over the heavens, and, Yahweh, gave forth thunderings and hail, and there came fire towards the earth,—and Yahweh rained down hail, on the land of Egypt.
Job 21:18They become as straw before the wind, and as chaff, which the storm stealeth away.
Psalms 58:9Before your kettles can perceive the [kindled] bramble, Be he green or be he withered, he shall be swept away.
Jeremiah 18:17Like an east wind, will I scatter them before the enemy,—The back and not the face, will I let them see in the day of their distress.
Nahum 1:3Yahweh, is slow to anger, but great in vigour, He will not leave, unpunished, as for Yahweh, in storm-wind and in tempest, is his way, and, 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 →