Job 27:21
What does Job 27:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 27:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 7:27
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
- Nahum 1:3
Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
- Hosea 13:15
Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the breath of Jehovah coming up from the wilderness; and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall make spoil of the treasure of all goodly vessels.
- Job 7:10
He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.
- Psalms 11:6
Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
- Psalms 58:9
Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
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