Job 20:28

20:27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

KJV

The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.

The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

20:29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. appointed: Heb. of his decree from God

What does Job 20:28 mean?

Job 20:28 is a verse in the book of Job, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְבוּל (yᵉbûwl), בַּיִת (bayith), גָּלָה (gâlâh). It connects to 10 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

The

increaseיְבוּלyᵉbûwl/yeb-ool'/H2981produce, i.e. a crop or (figuratively) wealth

his

houseבַּיִתbayith/bah'-yith/H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

shall

depart,גָּלָהgâlâh/gaw-law'/H1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal

and

his

goods

shall

flow

awayנָגַרnâgar/naw-gar'/H5064to flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to deliver over

the

dayיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

his

wrath.אַףʼaph/af/H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

Commentary on Job 20:28

HENRY_FULL · Job 20:28

and himself. He had reminded his friends of their frailty and mortality ( ch. xiii. 12 ); here he reminds himself of his own, and pleads it with God for some mitigation of his miseries. We have here an account, I. Of man's life, that it is, 1. Short, ver. 1 . 2. Sorrowful, ver. 1 . 3. Sinful, ver. 4 . 4. Stinted, ver. 5 , 14 . II. Of man's death, that it puts a final period to our present life, to which we shall not again return ( ver. 7-12 ), that it hides us from the calamities of life ( ver. 13 ), destroys the hopes of life ( ver. 18, 19 ), sends us away from the business of life ( ver. 20 ), and keeps us in the dark concerning our relations in this life, how much soever we have formerly been in care about them ver. 21, 22 . III. The use Job makes of all this. 1. He pleads it with God, who, he thought, was too strict and severe with him ( ver. 16, 17 ), begging that, in consideration of his frailty, he would not contend with him ( ver. 3 ), but grant him some respite, ver. 6 . 2. He engages himself to prepare for death ( ver. 14 ), and encourages himself to hope that it would be comfortable to him, ver. 15 . This chapter is proper for funeral solemnities; and serious meditations on it will help us both to get good by the death of others and to get ready for our own. Brevity and Frailty of Human Life. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Man that is born of a woman is of

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. abiding: Heb. expectation

Job 8:9

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) nothing: Heb. not

Job 9:25

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

Job 9:26

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. swift: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire

Ecclesiastes 8:13

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

Isaiah 40:6

The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

James 1:10

But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

James 1:11

For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

James 4:14

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. It: or, For it is

1 Peter 1:24

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: For: or, For that

Topics

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Job 20:28.

Deuteronomy 11:17

And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. shall burn: or, hath burned shall consume: or, hath consumed

Frequently asked questions

What does Job 20:28 say?

Job 20:28 (King James Version) reads: "The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath."

Is Job 20:28 in the Old or New Testament?

Job 20:28 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Job.

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