Job 20:27
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
In Context
28The increase of his house shall depart, his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Cross References
Job 16:18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no resting place.
Psalms 44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
Jeremiah 29:23because they have wrought folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I commanded them not; and I am he that knoweth, and am witness, saith the LORD.
Luke 12:2But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed: and hid, that shall not be known.
1 Corinthians 4:5Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:24-29
23 When 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. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity;… Read the whole commentary →