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Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked

Job 20:27

In 11 translations

BSB
The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
KJV
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
WEB
The heavens will reveal his iniquity. The earth will rise up against him.
ASV
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.
LSV
The heavens reveal his iniquity, || And earth is raising itself against him.
YLT
Reveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him.
DBY
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
DRC
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
GNV
The heauen shall declare his wickednes, and the earth shall rise vp against him.
JPS
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
LXXE
And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יְגַלּ֣וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם עֲוֺנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֶ֗רֶץ מִתְקוֹמָ֘מָ֥ה לֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Ἀνακάλυψαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ὁ οὐρανὸς τὰς ἀνομίας, γῆ δὲ ἐπανασταίη αὐτῷ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 26:21For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
  • Job 16:18O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
  • Luke 12:2–3There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will…
  • Jeremiah 29:23For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares…
  • Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
  • Deuteronomy 31:28Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
  • Psalms 44:20–21If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
  • Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of…
  • Romans 2:16on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
  • 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise…

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