Job 27:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 27:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 27:21 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 27:21 — KJV
“The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.”
— Job 27:21 (KJV)
Job 27:21 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 27:21
“They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. carrieth: Heb. stealeth”
Shares key themes with Job 27:21: wind, carrieth, away
“And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes: his feathers: or, the filth thereof”
Shares key themes with Job 27:21: east, away, place
“And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. tabernacle: or, hedge”
Shares key themes with Job 27:21: east, away, place
“Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.”
Shares key themes with Job 27:21: wind, away, place
“So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”
Shares key themes with Job 27:21: east, place
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