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 · 2000

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.

Context

v.20Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

v.21This passage

v.22ForGodshall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.

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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