The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.
Parallel translations
- KJV The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
- BSB The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
- NKJV The increase of his house will depart, And his goods will flow away in the day of His wrath.
- NASB “The increase of his house will disappear; His possessions will flow away on the day of His anger.
- NLT A flood will sweep away their house. God’s anger will descend on them in torrents.
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Quick answer
The wealth of his house is carried away, swept off in the day of God's wrath. His accumulated goods vanish under judgment.
Overview
Zophar concludes the wicked man's downfall with the loss of his entire estate, washed away on the day God's anger is poured out. The 'day of his wrath' anchors the ruin in divine judgment rather than mere chance. It teaches that earthly treasure offers no shelter in the day of reckoning, urging the pursuit of treasure in heaven that cannot be swept away.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Job 27:14–19If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
- Zeph 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh’s wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
- Rev 18:17For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.’ Every ship master, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,
- Jas 5:1–3Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
- Job 20:18–22That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
- Prov 11:4Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
- Job 5:5whose harvest the hungry eats up, and take it even out of the thorns. The snare gapes for their substance.
- Deut 28:31Your ox will be slain before your eyes, and you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be violently taken away from before your face, and will not be restored to you. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and you will have no one to save you.
- 2 Kgs 20:17‘Behold, the days come that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says Yahweh.
- Matt 16:26For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
- Job 21:30that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led out to the day of wrath?
- Job 20:10His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.
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