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Job 27:21

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

KJV

Tollet eum ventus urens, et auferet, et velut turbo rapiet eum de loco suo.

Vulgate

ἀναλήμψεται δὲ αὐτὸν καύσων καὶ ἀπελεύσεται, καὶ λικμήσει αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ.

LXX

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.

ASV

יִשָּׂאֵ֣/הוּ קָדִ֣ים וְ/יֵלַ֑ךְ וִֽ֝/ישָׂעֲרֵ֗/הוּ מִ/מְּקֹמֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה
h
noun · 69×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
יִשְׂתָּעֵ֨ר
ysht'r
verb · 8×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 18:17 — I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
  • Job 7:10 — He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
  • Job 21:18 — They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
  • Job 30:22 — Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
  • Ps 11:6 — Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
  • Ps 58:9 — Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
  • Ps 83:15 — So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.