Job 20 · Verse 27

Job 20:27

The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
Job 20:27, King James Version

Job 20:27 in other translations

BSBThe heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
WEBThe heavens will reveal his iniquity. The earth will rise up against him.
ASVThe heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.
YLTReveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him.
DARBYThe heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
BBEThe heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.
WebsterThe heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

What does Job 20:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. All creation is at enmity with him, and proclaims his guilt, which he would fain conceal.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 The 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;" Num 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 and swallowed them up; and they went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them;" Num 16:31-33.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 20:23-29

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…

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Job 20:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְגַלּ֣וּye.ga.Luthey will revealH1540
שָׁמַ֣יִםsha.Ma.yim[the] heavensH8064
עֲוֹנ֑וֹa.vo.Noiniquity hisH5771
וְ֝אֶ֗רֶץve.'E.retzand [the] earthH776
מִתְקוֹמָ֘מָ֥הmit.ko.Ma.Mah[will] rise upH6965
לֽוֹ\׃loto him

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 20:27

  • Isaiah 26:21

    For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

  • Luke 12:2-3

    For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

  • Job 16:18

    O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

  • Romans 2:16

    In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

  • Psalms 44:20-21

    If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

  • Deuteronomy 31:28

    Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.

  • Jeremiah 29:23

    Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:5

    Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

  • Job 18:18

    He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

  • Malachi 3:5

    And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
heaven.
Ps 44:20,21; Jer 29:23; Mal 3:5; Lu 12:2,3; Ro 2:16; 1Co 4:5
earth.
16:18; 18:18; Isa 26:21

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Context

  • Job 20:26

    All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

  • Job 20:27

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

  • Job 20:28

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

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Job 20:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los cielos descubrirán su iniquidad, y la tierra se levantará contra él.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les cieux révéleront son iniquité, et la terre s’élèvera contre lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Der Himmel wird seine Ungerechtigkeit enthüllen, und die Erde sich wider ihn erheben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Revelabunt cæli iniquitatem ejus, et terra consurget adversus eum.