The Final Testimony Against Ungodliness
Job 20:27
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.


The wicked may hide himself "in his secret places," but his iniquity will be revealed. He cannot escape. For a time he may prosper and may practise deceit; but ultimately his doings shall be made known and meet with their just retribution. The natural consequence of wrongdoing is to go on from bad to worse until at length it bursts all restraint. Even the dull eye of the neighbour will detect the prevailing wrong, but the keen eye of a Divine justice cannot be escaped. Evil outwits itself. Its fruit appears in due time. Faultiness of life and conduct make themselves apparent. But should it be possible wholly to hide iniquity through life, and to die with the dreadful secret locked in the breast of the wrong-doer, yet there still remains a revelation which cannot be evaded. "The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him." This final testimony against ungodliness is. -

I. INEVITABLE.

II. IMPARTIAL

III. DESERVED.

IV. SEVERE. - R.G.



Parallel Verses
KJV: The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

WEB: The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him.




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