Job 34:20

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

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BSBPD

“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 · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“<FI> In<Fi> a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 34:20 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 12:29Now 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 the livestock.
  2. 1 Samuel 25:37In 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.
  3. 1 Samuel 26:10David 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.
  4. Job 12:19He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
  5. Job 36:20Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.
  6. Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
  7. Isaiah 10:16Therefore 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.
  8. Isaiah 30:13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
  9. Isaiah 30:30And 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.
  10. Isaiah 37:36Then 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!
  11. Isaiah 37:38One 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.
  12. Isaiah 40:23He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.
  13. Daniel 2:34As 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.
  14. Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
  15. Daniel 5:30That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
  16. Daniel 8:25Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.
  17. Zechariah 4:6So 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.
  18. Matthew 25:6At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
  19. Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
  20. Luke 17:26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
  21. Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
  22. 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
  23. 2 Peter 2:3In 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.

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