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Job 27:20 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Job 27:20 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 27 verse 20 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.”
Job 27:20 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 27:20
Terrors take hold on him as waters—the noun בַּלָּהוֹת (ballahot, terrors/calamities) with the verb נָשַׂג (nasag, overtake/seize) depicts overwhelming dread. The simile "as waters" (כַּמַּיִם, kamayim) suggests a flood drowning the victim—uncontrollable, inescapable destruction. A tempest stealeth him away in the night uses סוּפָה (sufah, storm/whirlwind) with גָּנַב (ganav, steal away), emphasizing sudden, secret removal. Night (לַיְלָה, laylah) suggests vulnerability and lack of warning—he cannot see the storm coming.Job concludes his description of the wicked's end with vivid catastrophe i...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 27:20
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“A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.”
“and shall chase him at his heels.”
“as chaff that the storm carries away?”
“God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.”
“The sorrows of death compassed me”
“that Yahweh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt”
“in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.”
“and shall not be found. Yes”
“In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.”
“whose foundation was poured out as a stream”