Job 20:28 Meaning and Explanation
“The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →All the wealth of the wicked man’s house drains away in the day of God’s wrath.
What Does Job 20:28 Mean?
Zophar pictures the man’s estate dissolving. “The increase of his house shall depart”, and his accumulated goods “flow away” like water in “the day of his wrath.” Everything he gathered slips through his hands at the moment of judgment, draining off as though it had never been secure.
Wealth that flows away “like water” is the Bible’s steady reminder that riches make themselves wings and fly away. Goods stored up apart from God offer no anchor in the day of reckoning. The verse does not condemn possessions themselves but the false trust placed in them. Treasure laid up in heaven, Christ teaches, is the only kind that neither rusts nor drains away.
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What does Job 20:28 mean?
All the wealth of the wicked man’s house drains away in the day of God’s wrath.