Job 20:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִ֭גֶל יְב֣וּל בֵּית֑וֹ נִ֝גָּר֗וֹת בְּי֣וֹם אַפּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

yigel yĕbûl bêtô niggārôt bĕ- yôm ʾappô

Grammar Details

• *yigel*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it departs/is removed
• *yĕbûl*: noun, masculine singular construct - increase/produce
• *bêtô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his house
• *niggārôt*: niphal participle, feminine plural - flowing away
• *bĕ-*: preposition - in
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular construct - day
• *ʾappô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his anger/wrath

Word Meanings

• *yigel*: departs/is removed/is carried away
• *yĕbûl*: increase/produce/wealth/possessions
• *bêtô*: his house/his household/his family
• *niggārôt*: flowing away/pouring out/washing away
• *yôm*: day/time
• *ʾappô*: his anger/his wrath/his nostril

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:31 : 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
• 2 Kgs 20:17 : 17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
• Job 5:5 : 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
• Job 20:10 : 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
• Job 20:18-22 : 18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. 21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
• Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
• Job 27:14-19 : 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
• Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
• Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
• Matt 16:26 : 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
• Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
• Rev 18:17 : 17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,