Job 20:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.”
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“The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Reveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 20:27 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 31:28Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
- Job 16:18O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
- Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
- Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
- Isaiah 26:21For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
- Jeremiah 29:23For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Luke 12:2There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
- Romans 2:16on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
- 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 men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
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