Job 27:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 9:23-25 : 23 When Moses extended his staff toward the sky, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire fell to the earth; so the LORD caused hail to rain down on the land of Egypt. 24 Hail fell and fire mingled with the hail; the hail was so severe that there had not been any like it in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation. 25 The hail struck everything in the open fields, both people and animals, throughout all the land of Egypt. The hail struck everything that grows in the field, and it broke all the trees of the field to pieces.
  • Job 7:10 : 10 He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.
  • Job 21:18 : 18 How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?
  • Ps 11:6 : 6 May he rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!
  • Ps 58:9 : 9 Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.
  • Ps 83:15 : 15 chase them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your windstorm.
  • Jer 18:17 : 17 I will scatter them before their enemies like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind. I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them when disaster strikes them.”
  • Hos 13:15 : 15 The Capital of the Northern Empire Will Be Destroyed Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse.
  • Nah 1:3-8 : 3 The LORD is slow to anger but great in power; the LORD will certainly not allow the wicked to go unpunished.The Divine Warrior Destroys His Enemies but Protects His People He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet. 4 He shouts a battle cry against the sea and makes it dry up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon withers. 5 The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste. 6 No one can withstand his indignation! No one can resist his fierce anger! His wrath is poured out like volcanic fire, boulders are broken up as he approaches. 7 The LORD is good– indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him. 8 But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of Nineveh; he will drive his enemies into darkness.
  • Matt 7:27 : 27 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed– it was utterly destroyed!”

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