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Job 36:20

18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.
KJV
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
WEB
Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
ASV
Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.
DARBY
Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.
BLB
Do not long for the night, for the coming up of peoples in place of them.
ÅB
Stund ikke etter natten, den natt da hele folkeslag blåses bort fra sitt sted!
OTB
Leng ikke etter natten,
når folk blir tatt fra sine steder.
B1930
Stund ikke efter natten, den natt da hele folkeslag blåses bort fra sitt sted!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 34:20

    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.

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  • Exodus 12:29

    And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

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  • Job 34:25

    Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

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  • 2 Kings 19:35

    And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

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  • Job 14:13

    O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

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  • Luke 12:20

    But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

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  • Job 7:15

    So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

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  • Acts 1:25

    That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

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