Job 27:20 · KJV
“Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.”
— Job 27:20
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he {is} not.
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
Job 27 — Context
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth {that} the keeper maketh.
19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he {is} not.
20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
22For {God} shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. {he...: Heb. in fleeing he would flee}
Cross References
Job 15:21
A dreadful sound {is} in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. {A dreadful...: Heb. A sound of fears}
Job 18:11
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. {drive: Heb. scatter}
Job 20:23
{When} he is about to fill his belly, {God} shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain {it} upon him while he is eating.
Job 21:18
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. {carrieth: Heb. stealeth}
2 Kings 19:35
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they {were} all dead corpses.
Exodus 12:29
And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that {was} in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. {dungeon: Heb. house of the pit}
Job 34:20
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. {the mighty...: Heb. they shall take away the mighty}
Psalms 69:14-15
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.