Key Verse Spotlight
Job 27:21 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.”
Job 27:21
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he {is} not.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
For {God} shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. {he...: Heb. in fleeing he would flee}
{Men} shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
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