Job 27:20 “Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the ni…”

Job 27:20

Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

World English Bible

Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.

American Standard Version

Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Geneva Bible 1599

Terrours shall take him as waters, and a tempest shall cary him away by night.

Darby Translation

Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.

Young's Literal Translation

Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.

Bible in Basic English

Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.

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Cross references

“Terrors”

Job 15:21 Job 18:11 Job 22:16 Psalm 18:4 Psalm 42:7 Jonah 2:3

Job 15:21 · BSB

Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

Job 18:11 · BSB

Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

Job 22:16 · BSB

They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

Psalm 18:4 · BSB

The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

Psalm 42:7 · BSB

Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.

Jonah 2:3 · BSB

For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.

“a tempest”

Job 20:23 Job 21:18 Exodus 12:29 2 Kings 19:35 Daniel 5:30

Job 20:23 · BSB

When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

Job 21:18 · BSB

Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

Exodus 12:29 · BSB

Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among th…

2 Kings 19:35 · BSB

And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Daniel 5:30 · BSB

That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,

Also

Job 20:8 Job 34:20

Job 20:8 · BSB

He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

Job 34:20 · BSB

They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

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