Job 20:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.”
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“The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The increase of his house shall depart; His goodsshall flow away in the day of his wrath.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Remove doth the increase of his house, Poured forth in a day of His anger.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 20:28 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:31Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.
- 2 Kings 20:17The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
- Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
- Job 20:10His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
- Job 20:18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
- Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
- Job 27:14Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
- Job 31:12For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
- Proverbs 11:4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
- Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
- James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
- Revelation 18:17For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance
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