Job 20:27 meaning and explanation

The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.

Job 20:27, Berean Standard Bible

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Zophar is the third of Job's friends to speak, and here he answers Job's protest with a vivid poem about the wicked man's certain downfall. In verse 27 he pictures creation itself as a witness against the guilty: the heavens reveal the wrong he thought was hidden, and the earth turns on him like an accuser rising to testify.

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