Job 27:20
Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
In Context
19He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:35And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Job 18:11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels.
Job 20:23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
Job 22:16Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream:
Psalms 18:4The cords of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodliness 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 →