Job 27:21–23
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27:21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone;
it sweeps him out of his place.
27:22It hurls itself against him without pity35
as he flees headlong from its power.
27:23It claps36 its hands at him in derision
and hisses him away from his place.37
III. Job’s Search for Wisdom (28:1–28)
Footnotes
- 35 The verb is once again functioning in an adverbial sense. The text has “it hurls itself against him and shows no mercy.”
- 36 If the same subject is to be carried through here, it is the wind. That would make this a bold personification, perhaps suggesting the force of the wind. Others argue that it is unlikely that the wind claps its hands. They suggest taking the verb with an indefinite subject: “he claps” means “one claps. The idea is that of people rejoicing when the wicked are gone. But the parallelism is against this unless the second line is changed as well. R. Gordis (Job, 296) has “men will clap their hands … men will whistle upon him.”
- 37 Or “hisses at him from its place” (ESV).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The east wind lifts him up and he is gone;
it sweeps him out of his place.
It hurls at him without pity;
he flees from its power in headlong flight.
It claps its hands at him
and hisses at him from its place.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The east wind carries him off, and he is gone;
it sweeps him out of his place.
It hurls itself against him without mercy
as he flees headlong from its power.
It claps its hands in derision
and hisses him out of his place.”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
An east wind picks him up, and he is gone;
it carries him away from his place.
It blasts at him without mercy,
while he flees desperately from its force.
It claps its hands at him
and scoffs at him from its place.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The east wind carries them away, and they are gone.
It sweeps them away.
It whirls down on them without mercy.
They struggle to flee from its power.
But everyone jeers at them
and mocks them.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone,
and it sweeps him away from his place.
And it hurls at him, and it has no compassion;
he will quickly flee from its power.
It claps its hands over him,
and it hisses at him from its place.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth:
And as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare:
He would fain flee out of his hand.
Men shall clap their hands at him,
And shall hiss him out of his place.
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