King James Version

Job 20:28

The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

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יִ֭גֶלyigelexileגָּלָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “exile”, an unfinished actionH1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal[phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.יְב֣וּלyevulfruitיְבוּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2981produce, i.e. a crop or (figuratively) wealthfruit, increase.בֵּית֑וֹbeytvofamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…נִ֝גָּר֗וֹתnigarotflow awayנָגַרverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “flow away”, a verb used as a describing wordH5064to flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to deliver overfall, flow away, pour down (out), run, shed, spilt, trickle down.בְּי֣וֹםbeyomin as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…אַפּֽוֹapvofaceאַףnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “face”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ireanger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The increase of his house shall depart, his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The increase of his house shall depart; His goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

Young’s Literal Translation

Remove doth the increase of his house, Poured forth in a day of His anger.

World English Bible

The increase of his house will depart. They will rush away in the day of his wrath.

Darby Translation

The increase of his house shall depart, flowing away in the day of his anger.

Douay-Rheims

The offspring of his house shall be exposed, he shall be pulled down in the day of God’s wrath.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The increase of his house shall depart, his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἑλκύσαι τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἀπώλεια εἰς τέλος, ἡμέρα ὀργῆς ἐπέλθοι αὐτῷ.