The Meaning of Job 27:21 Explained

Job 27:21

KJV: The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

YLT: Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,

Darby: The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.

ASV: The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The east  wind carrieth him away,  and he departeth:  and as a storm hurleth  him out of his place. 

What does Job 27:21 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 27:1-23 - The Justice Of God
Zophar ought now to have taken up the discourse, but, as he is silent, Job proceeds. First he renews his protestations of integrity, Job 27:1-10. He denies the charge of being ungodly, and says that till he dies he will not put away his integrity. He refuses to justify the accusations of his friends, and demands that they who had spoken against him should suffer the punishments which they had suggested as his due, Job 27:7. The falsity of their charges was surely evidenced by the fact that he could still delight in the Almighty and call upon His name, Job 27:10.
Then he speaks of the portion of the wicked, Job 27:11-23. Zophar and the rest could hardly have spoken more strongly. Though Job denied the application to himself, he was willing to admit the general truth of these propositions. Through what marvelous alternations the mind of man passes-now on the crest of the wave and again in the trough; arguing, debating, questioning; now antagonizing a position, and then almost accepting it! But be of good cheer! "At eventide it shall be light!" "I have been within the gates," said one brave explorer, "and there is no dark valley." [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 27

1  Job protests his sincerity
8  The hypocrite is without hope
11  The blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses

What do the individual words in Job 27:21 mean?

Carries him away the east wind and he is gone it him sweeps out of his place
יִשָּׂאֵ֣הוּ קָדִ֣ים וְיֵלַ֑ךְ וִֽ֝ישָׂעֲרֵ֗הוּ מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ

יִשָּׂאֵ֣הוּ  Carries  him  away 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
קָדִ֣ים  the  east  wind 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָדִים  
Sense: east, east wind.
וְיֵלַ֑ךְ  and  he  is  gone 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
וִֽ֝ישָׂעֲרֵ֗הוּ  it  him  sweeps 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂעַר 
Sense: to storm, shiver, dread, bristle (with horror), be very afraid.
מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ  out  of  his  place 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.