Job 34:20 “They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convuls…”

Job 34:20

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

World English Bible

In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.

American Standard Version

In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.

Geneva Bible 1599

They shall die suddenly, and the people shalbe troubled at midnight, and they shall passe foorth and take away the mightie without hand.

Darby Translation

In a moment they die, even at midnight the people are convulsed and pass away; and the strong are taken away without hand.

Young's Literal Translation

[In] a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.

Bible in Basic English

Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.

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Cross references

“a moment”

Psalm 73:19 Isaiah 30:13 Isaiah 37:38 Daniel 5:30 Luke 12:20 Acts 12:23

Psalm 73:19 · BSB

How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

Isaiah 30:13 · BSB

this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!

Isaiah 37:38 · BSB

One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

Daniel 5:30 · BSB

That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,

Luke 12:20 · BSB

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

Acts 12:23 · BSB

Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

“troubled”

Isaiah 37:36 Luke 17:26–29 Matthew 25:6 Exodus 12:29 Exodus 12:30

Isaiah 37:36 · BSB

Then 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!

Luke 17:26–29 · BSB

Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:

Matthew 25:6 · BSB

At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

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…

Exodus 12:30 · BSB

During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.

“without”

1 Samuel 25:37–39 1 Samuel 26:10 Isaiah 10:16–19 Isaiah 30:30–33 Daniel 2:34 Zechariah 4:6

1 Samuel 25:37–39 · BSB

In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him, and he became like a stone.

1 Samuel 26:10 · BSB

David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

Isaiah 10:16–19 · BSB

Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.

Isaiah 30:30–33 · BSB

And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.

Daniel 2:34 · BSB

As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.

Zechariah 4:6 · BSB

So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

Also

Job 36:20 Job 12:19

Job 36:20 · BSB

Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.

Job 12:19 · BSB

He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.

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

In context

19who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

21For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.

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