Job 27:21
Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,
Young's Literal Translation
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
20Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
22And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.
Cross References
Exodus 9:23And Moses stretcheth out his rod towards the heavens, and Jehovah hath given voices and hail, and fire goeth towards the earth, and Jehovah raineth hail on the land of Egypt,
Job 21:18They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
Psalms 58:9Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.
Jeremiah 18:17As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'
Nahum 1:3Jehovah [is] slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest [is] His way, And a cloud [is] 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 →