Job 20:27

What does Job 20:27 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 20:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Reveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

Context

v.26All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown by man shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

v.27This passage

v.28The increase of his house shall depart; His goodsshall flow away in the day of his wrath.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 18:18

    He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

  • Psalms 44:20

    If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

  • Deuteronomy 31:28

    Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

  • Jeremiah 29:23

    because they have wrought folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I commanded them not; and I am he that knoweth, and am witness, saith Jehovah.

  • Isaiah 26:21

    For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

  • Romans 2:16

    in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.

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