Job 20:28
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 20:28 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 20:28 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 20:28 — KJV
“The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.”
— Job 20:28 (KJV)
Job 20:28 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 20:28
“Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:28: house, away, day
“Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:28: depart, day, wrath
“And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months. four whole months: or, a year and four month: Heb. days, four months”
Shares key themes with Job 20:28: house, away, day
“And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. in the flower...: Heb. men”
Shares key themes with Job 20:28: increase, house, flow
“And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:28: house, away, day
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