Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him. New Living Translation The heavens will reveal their guilt, and the earth will testify against them. English Standard Version The heavens will reveal his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him. Berean Standard Bible The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him. King James Bible The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. New King James Version The heavens will reveal his iniquity, And the earth will rise up against him. New American Standard Bible “The heavens will reveal his guilt, And the earth will rise up against him. NASB 1995 “The heavens will reveal his iniquity, And the earth will rise up against him. NASB 1977 “The heavens will reveal his iniquity, And the earth will rise up against him. Legacy Standard Bible The heavens will reveal his iniquity, And the earth will rise up against him. Amplified Bible “The heavens will reveal his wickedness and guilt, And the earth will rise up against him. Christian Standard Bible The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him. Holman Christian Standard Bible The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him. American Standard Version The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him. Contemporary English Version The heavens and the earth will testify against them, English Revised Version The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him. GOD'S WORD® Translation Heaven exposes his sin. Earth rises up against him. Good News Translation Heaven reveals their sin, and the earth gives testimony against them. International Standard Version Heaven will reveal his iniquity, while the earth will rise up against him. Majority Standard Bible The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up 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. Webster's Bible Translation The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. World English Bible The heavens will reveal his iniquity. The earth will rise up against him. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe heavens reveal his iniquity, "" And earth is raising itself against him. Young's Literal Translation Reveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him. Smith's Literal Translation The heavens shall uncover his iniquity, and the earth an adversary against him. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him. Catholic Public Domain Version The heavens will reveal his sinfulness, and the earth will rise up against him. New American Bible The heavens shall reveal his guilt, and the earth rise up against him. New Revised Standard Version The heavens will reveal their iniquity, and the earth will rise up against them. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe heaven shall reveal his sins; and the earth avenge itself upon him. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Heaven will reveal his sins and Earth will be avenged on him OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him. Brenton Septuagint Translation And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked…26Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent. 27The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him. 28The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.… Cross References Hebrews 4:13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Psalm 90:8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence. Luke 12:2-3 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. / What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops. Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil. Jeremiah 16:17 For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes. Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good. 1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God. Psalm 139:11-12 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”— / even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You. Matthew 10:26 So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. Romans 2:16 on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel. Isaiah 29:15 Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?” Psalm 44:21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart? 1 John 3:20 Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things. Jeremiah 23:24 “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD. Amos 9:3 Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them. Treasury of Scripture The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. heaven Psalm 44:20,21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; … Jeremiah 29:23 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD. Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. earth Job 16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. Job 18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. Isaiah 26:21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. Jump to Previous Clear Earth Expose Gives Guilt Heaven Heavens Iniquity Itself Raising Reveal Rise Sin WitnessJump to Next Clear Earth Expose Gives Guilt Heaven Heavens Iniquity Itself Raising Reveal Rise Sin WitnessJob 20 1. Zophar shows the state and portion of the wickedThe heavens In the context of ancient Near Eastern thought, "the heavens" often symbolize the divine realm or the abode of God. The Hebrew word used here is "שָׁמַיִם" (shamayim), which can refer to the sky, the universe, or the spiritual realm. In this verse, the heavens are portrayed as witnesses to human actions, suggesting that nothing is hidden from God's sight. This reflects the biblical theme that God is omniscient and sovereign, observing all deeds and ultimately holding individuals accountable. will expose his iniquity and the earth will rise up against him Verse 27. - The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. This is Zophar's reply to the appeal which Job made (in Job 16:18, 19) to heaven and earth to bear their witness in his favour. Heaven, he says, instead of testifying to his innocence, will one day, when the books are opened (Revelation 20:12), "reveal his iniquity;" and earth, instead of echoing his cry, will "rise up" in indignation "against him." He will have none either in heaven or earth to take his part, or give any testimony in his favour. |
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