Parallel Verses
Amplified
“The heavens will reveal his wickedness and guilt,
And the earth will rise up against him.
New American Standard Bible
And the earth will rise up against him.
King James Version
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
Holman Bible
and the earth will rise up against him.
International Standard Version
Heaven will reveal his iniquity, while the earth will rise up against him.
A Conservative Version
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
American Standard Version
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.
Bible in Basic English
The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.
Darby Translation
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
Julia Smith Translation
The heavens shall uncover his iniquity, and the earth an adversary against him.
King James 2000
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] heavens will reveal his guilt, and [the] earth will rise up against him.
Modern King James verseion
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth rise up against him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The heaven shall declare his wickedness, and the earth shall take part against him.
NET Bible
The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him.
New Heart English Bible
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him.
The Emphasized Bible
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and, the earth, be rising up against him:
Webster
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
World English Bible
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him.
Youngs Literal Translation
Reveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him.
Interlinear
Galah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
26
Complete darkness (misfortune) is held in reserve for his treasures.
An unfanned fire will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.
“The heavens will reveal his wickedness and guilt,
And the earth will rise up against him.
“The produce and increase of his house will depart [with the victors];
His possessions will be dragged away in the day of God’s wrath.
Cross References
Job 16:18
“O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let there be no [resting] place for my cry [where it will cease being heard].
Isaiah 26:21
Listen carefully, the Lord is about to come out of His [heavenly] place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing];
The earth will reveal the [innocent] blood shed upon her
And will no longer cover her slain.
Deuteronomy 31:28
Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth as witnesses against them.
Job 18:18
“He is driven and propelled from light into darkness,
And chased from the inhabited world.
Psalm 44:20-21
If we had forgotten the name of our God
Or stretched out our hands to a strange god,
Jeremiah 29:23
because they have acted foolishly in Israel and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and in My Name have spoken false and concocted words, which I did not command them. I am He who knows and I am a witness,” says the Lord.’”
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and against those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the Lord of hosts.
Luke 12:2-3
Romans 2:16
on that day when,
1 Corinthians 4:5
So do not go on passing judgment before the appointed time, but wait until the Lord comes, for He will both bring to light the [secret] things that are hidden in darkness and disclose the motives of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.