Job 20:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְגַלּ֣וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם עֲוֺנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֶ֗רֶץ מִתְקוֹמָ֘מָ֥ה לֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

yĕgallû šāmayim ʿăwōnô wĕ- ʾereṣ mitqômāmāh lô

Grammar Details

*yĕgallû*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they reveal
*šāmayim*: noun, masculine plural - heavens
*ʿăwōnô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his iniquity
*wĕ-*: conjunction - and
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land
*mitqômāmāh*: hitpolel participle, feminine singular - rising up
*lô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - against him

Word Meanings

*yĕgallû*: reveal/uncover/expose
*šāmayim*: heavens/sky
*ʿăwōnô*: his iniquity/his guilt/his sin
*ʾereṣ*: earth/land/ground
*mitqômāmāh*: rising up/rebelling/standing against
*lô*: against him/to him

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Referenced Verses

Isa 26:21 : 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.
Job 16:18 : 18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
Job 18:18 : 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Ps 44:20-21 : 20 If we have forgotten{H8804)} the name of our God, or stretched out{H8799)} our hands to a strange{H8801)} god; 21 Shall not God search this out{H8799)}? for he knoweth{H8802)} the secrets of the heart.
Deut 31:28 : 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.
Jer 29:23 : 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.
Mal 3:5 : 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.
Luke 12:2-3 : 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 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.
Rom 2:16 : 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
1 Cor 4:5 : 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.

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