Job 34:20
18 who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’
19 who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
21 For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
22 There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.
- ASV
- In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.
- DARBY
- In a moment they die, even at midnight the people are convulsed and pass away; and the strong are taken away without hand.
- BLB
- [In] a moment they die, and in the middle of the night the people are shaken and pass away; and the mighty are taken away, not by a hand.
- ÅB
- I et øyeblikk dør de, midt om natten; folket raver og forgår, og den mektige rykkes bort, ikke ved menneskehånd.
- OTB
- I et øyeblikk dør de,
midt på natten; folk blir rystet og går bort,
og de mektige blir fjernet uten menneskelig hånd. - B1930
- I et øieblikk dør de, midt om natten; folket raver og forgår, og den mektige rykkes bort, ikke ved menneskehånd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 73:19
How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
Read in contextIsaiah 30:30–33
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.
Read in context1 Samuel 25:37–39
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.
Read in contextLuke 12:20
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?’
Read in contextIsaiah 30:13
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!
Read in contextIsaiah 37:38
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.
Read in context2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
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