Job 20:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 26:21 : 21 For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.
  • Job 16:18 : 18 O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!
  • Job 18:18 : 18 He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.
  • Ps 44:20-21 : 20 If the name of our God has gone out of our minds, or if our hands have been stretched out to a strange god, 21 Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.
  • Deut 31:28 : 28 Get together before me all those who are in authority in your tribes, and your overseers, so that I may say these things in their hearing, and make heaven and earth my witnesses against them.
  • Jer 29:23 : 23 Because they have done shame in Israel, and have taken their neighbours' wives, and in my name have said false words, which I did not give them orders to say; and I myself am the witness, says the Lord.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
  • Luke 12:2-3 : 2 But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear. 3 So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to men's hearing in the light, and what you have said secretly inside the house, will be made public from the house-tops.
  • Rom 2:16 : 16 In the day when God will be a judge of the secrets of men, as it says in the good news of which I am a preacher, through Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

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  • Job 20:28-29
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    28The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.

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  • Job 21:19-20
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    19You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!

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    2Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • Job 18:14-18
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    14He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.

    15In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.

    16Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

    17His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.

    18He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

  • Job 18:5-7
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    5For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

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  • Job 27:20-22
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    20Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.

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  • Job 20:22-23
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    22Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

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  • Job 21:30-31
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    30How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

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    21For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.

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    13This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.

  • Job 20:18-20
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