New International Version
Job 20:27
27The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him.
Job 20:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The heavens will reveal his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The heavens will reveal his iniquity, And the earth will rise up against him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The heavens will reveal their guilt, and the earth will testify against them.
Context of Job 20:27
25He pulls it out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver. Terrors will come over him; 26total darkness lies in wait for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent. The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him. 28A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God’s wrath. 29Such is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them by God.”
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יְגַלּ֣וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם עֲוֹנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֶ֗רֶץ מִתְקוֹמָ֘מָ֥ה לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 20:27
- Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
- Jeremiah 29:23For they have done outrageous things in Israel; they have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and in my name they have uttered lies—which I did not authorize. I know it and am a witness to it,” declares the Lord.
- Malachi 3:5“So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the Lord Almighty.
- Luke 12:2There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.
- Romans 2:16This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.
- Job 16:18“Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!
- Job 18:18He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world.
- Isaiah 26:21See, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed on it; the earth will conceal its slain no longer.
Commentaries on Job 20:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him - Another allusion, if I mistake not, to the destruction of Korah and his company. The heaven revealed their iniquity; God declared out of heaven his judgment of their rebellion. "And the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation;" Numbers 16:20, etc. And then the earth rose up against them. "The ground clave asunder that was under them, and the earth opened her mouth…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity - The meaning here is, that the whole creation would conspire against such a man. Heaven and earth would be arrayed against him. The course of events would be so ordered as to seem designed to bring his character out, and to show what he was. He would attempt to conceal his sin, but it would be in vain. He would hide it in his bosom, but it would be developed. He would put on the air of piety and innocence, but his…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-29Verses 23-29 Zophar, having described the vexations which attend wicked practices, shows their ruin from God's wrath. There is no fence against this, but in Christ, who is the only Covert from the storm and tempest, Is 32:2. Zophar concludes, "This is the portion of a wicked man from God;" it is allotted him. Never was any doctrine better explained, or worse applied, than this by Zophar, who intended to prove Job a hypocrite. Let us receive the good…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27The heavens … will rise up: Compare Deuteronomy 4:26; 30:19; 31:28.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. All creation is at enmity with him, and proclaims his guilt, which he would fain conceal.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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