28 A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters[1] on the day of God's wrath.

Other Translations of Job 20:28

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

28 The possessions of his house will be carried away, dragged off in the day of God'sHebrew his wrath.

The Message

28 Life is a complete wipeout for them, nothing surviving God's wrath.

New King James Version

28 The increase of his house will depart, And his goods will flow away in the day of His wrath.

New Living Translation

28 A flood will sweep away their house. God's anger will descend on them in torrents.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 20:28

Commentary on Job 20:23-29

(Read Job 20:23-29)

Zophar, having described the vexations which attend wicked practices, shows their ruin from God's wrath. There is no fence against this, but in Christ, who is the only Covert from the storm and tempest, Isaiah 32:2. Zophar concludes, "This is the portion of a wicked man from God;" it is allotted him. Never was any doctrine better explained, or worse applied, than this by Zophar, who intended to prove Job a hypocrite. Let us receive the good explanation, and make a better application, for warning to ourselves, to stand in awe and sin not. One view of Jesus, directed by the Holy Spirit, and by him suitably impressed upon our souls, will quell a thousand carnal reasonings about the suffering of the faithful.