John Gill Commentary Job 20:27

"The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him." — Job 20:27 (ASV)

The heaven shall reveal his iniquity
Either God the Maker and Possessor of heaven, who dwells there, and is sometimes so called, (Daniel 4:25) (Luke 15:18) ; who sees and knows all things, even those that are most secret, as well as more openly committed, and will make all manifest, sooner or later;

or else the angels of heaven, the inhabitants of it, so the Targum; who in the last day will be employed in gathering out of Christ's kingdom all that offend, and do iniquity, (Matthew 13:41Matthew 13:42) ;

or the judgments of God descending from heaven, or appear there, and are owing to it; such as drowning the old world by opening the windows of heaven, (Genesis 7:11) ; the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah by fire and brimstone from thence, (Genesis 19:24) ; and the destruction of persons by thunder, (2 Samuel 22:15) (Psalms 144:6) , and lightning, (1 Samuel 2:10) (7:10) (Isaiah 29:6) , and the like; which judgments falling upon men, show them to be guilty of crimes deserving of the wrath of God, see (Romans 1:18) ;

and the earth shall rise up against him ;
when that becomes barren for the sins of men, and nothing but things hurtful to man rise up out of it; when it discloses the blood of murdered persons, and will at last give up the wicked dead that are buried in it;

the Targum is,``the inhabitants of the earth;'' and may be interpreted of their enmity, opposition, and hostility.