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Job 34:20
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They die suddenly in the middle of the night;people shudder, then pass away.Even the mighty are removed without effort.
In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, The mighty are taken away without hand.
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.
In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.
They can die in a moment, in the middle of the night. They are struck down, and then they pass away; powerful people die without help.
In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.
"In a moment they die, and at midnight People are shaken and pass away, And the powerful are taken away without a hand.
In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, The mighty are taken away without hand.
They shall die suddenly, and the people shalbe troubled at midnight, & they shall passe foorth and take away the mightie without hand.
In a moment they die, and at midnightPeople are shaken and pass away,And the mighty are taken away without a hand.
They die in an instant, in the middle of the night; the people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
Even powerful rulers die in the darkness of night when they least expect it, just like the rest of us.
They may die in a moment, in the middle of the night — the people are shaken and pass away, the mighty are removed without human hands.
In a moment they die, even at midnight the people are convulsed and pass away; and the strong are taken away without hand.
Any of us can die suddenly, in the middle of the night. Anyone can get sick and pass away. Even powerful people die for no reason we can see.
In a moment shall he die, and he shall be consumed at midnight, and pass away; he will be rendered powerless by the Almighty.
We may suddenly die at night. God strikes us down and we perish; he kills the mighty with no effort at all.
In a moment they die, and in the middle of the night the people are shaken, and they pass away, and they take away the mighty effortlessly.
In a moment they die, and a people are shaken at midnight; yea, they pass away, and the mighty will be taken without a hand.
In the twincklinge off an eye shall they be slayne: and at mydnight, when the people & the tyrauntes rage, then shal they perish, ad be taken awaye with out hondes.
In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.
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.
In a moment they die, even at midnight;
In a moment shall they die, and the people shalbe troubled at midnight, and passe away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
In the twinckling of an eye shall they dye, and at midnight when the people and the tirantes rage, then shall they perishe, & be taken away without handes.
But it shall turn out vanity to them, to cry and beseech a man; for they dealt unlawfully, the poor being turned aside from their right.
In a moment they die, even at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand.
Thei schulen die sudeynli, and at mydnyyt puplis schulen be troblid, `ethir schulen be bowid, as othere bookis han; and schulen passe, and schulen take `awei `a violent man with out hond.
In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without a [human] hand.
In a moment they shall die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
In a moment they die, in the middle of the night; The people are shaken and pass away; The mighty are taken away without a hand.
In a moment they die. In the middle of the night they pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
In a short time they die. At midnight the people are shaken and pass away. And the powerful are taken away by no human hand.
In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.
In a moment, they die, even in the middle of the night, - A people are convulsed when they pass away, A mighty one is removed, without hand;
They shall suddenly die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and they shall pass, and take away the violent without hand.
In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.
[In] a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.
"In a moment they die, and at midnight People are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without a hand.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a moment: Psalms 73:19, Isaiah 30:13, Isaiah 37:38, Daniel 5:30, Luke 12:20, Acts 12:23, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 2 Peter 2:3
troubled: Exodus 12:29, Exodus 12:30, Isaiah 37:36, Matthew 25:6, Luke 17:26-29
the mighty shall be taken away: Heb. they shall take away the mighty
without: 1 Samuel 25:37-39, 1 Samuel 26:10, Isaiah 10:16-19, Isaiah 30:30-33, Daniel 2:34, Daniel 2:44, Daniel 2:45, Zechariah 4:6
Reciprocal: Exodus 11:4 - About Exodus 14:24 - and troubled Exodus 33:5 - in a moment Job 34:25 - in the Job 36:19 - nor all Isaiah 40:23 - General Daniel 8:25 - but 1 Corinthians 1:28 - to bring Revelation 6:15 - the kings
Cross-References
indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies [by conquering them].
Now Ephron was present there among the sons of Heth; so within the hearing of all the sons of Heth and all who were entering the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, saying,
then you shall bring that man or that woman who has done this evil thing to the gates [of your city] and you shall stone the man or the woman to death.
Then Boaz went up to the city gate [where business and legal matters were settled] and sat down, and then the close relative (redeemer) of whom Boaz had spoken came by. He said to him, "Come over here, friend, and sit down." So he came and sat down.
He would get up early and stand beside the road to the gate [of the city, where court was held]; and when any man who had a dispute came to the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him, "From what city are you?" And he would say, "Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel."
"When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat [as a city father] in the square,
Her husband is known in the [city's] gates, When he sits among the elders of the land.
They hate the one who reprimands [the unrighteous] in the [court held at the city] gate [regarding him as unreasonable and rejecting his reprimand], And they detest him who speaks [the truth] with integrity and honesty.
For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great (shocking, innumerable), You who distress the righteous and take bribes, And turn away from the poor in the [court of the city] gate [depriving them of justice].
Hate evil and love good, And establish justice in the [court of the city] gate. Perhaps the LORD God of hosts Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph [that is, those who remain after God's judgment].
Gill's Notes on the Bible
In a moment shall they die,.... Princes as well as the common people, rich men as well as poor; all must and do die, great and small, high and low, kings and peasants, rich and poor men, and sometimes suddenly; are struck dead at once, and without any previous notice, that night, that hour, that moment their souls are required of them. The Targum interprets this of the men of Sodom. And Mr. Broughton, in his margin, refers to the history of them in Genesis 19:1;
and the people shall be troubled at midnight; either the common people, when their kings and governors die; or the relations and friends of persons deceased; and this circumstance "at midnight" is added, which makes the scene more melancholy, awful, and shocking, when it happens at such a time. The above Targum understands it of the Egyptians, when their firstborn were slain, which was in the middle of the night; and Mr. Broughton refers in his margin to the same instance: but it is a question whether this affair ever came to the knowledge of Job and his friends, at least not so early as this controversy;
and pass away; not into another country, being taken and carried away captive; but pass away by death into their graves, and into another world. Sephorno interprets it of the destroying angel's passing over the tents of the Israelites, and not entering into them to smite them when they smote the firstborn of Egypt. But the former sense is best, see Psalms 37:36;
and the mighty shall be taken away without hand: without the hand of men, but by the immediate hand of God; not falling in battle, or in a common natural way by diseases, but by some judgment of God upon them: and the whole verse seems to be understood not of a natural death, or in the common way, but of sudden death in a way of judgment, from the immediate hand of God, and that upon the mighty and great men of the earth; which shows that he is no respecter of princes, see Daniel 8:25.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
In a moment shall they die - That is, the rich and the great. They pass suddenly off the stage of action. They have no power to compel God to favor them, and they have no permanency of existence here which can constitute a claim on his special favor. Soon they will lie undistinguished in the dust. All are in his hand; and when he wills it, they must lie down in the dust together. He exempts none from death; spares none on account of beauty, rank, wealth, talent, or learning, but consigns all indiscriminately to the grave-showing that he is disposed to treat them all alike. This is urged by Elihu as a proof that God has no partiality, but treats all people as being on the same level - and there is no more striking illustration of this than is furnished by death. All die. None are spared on account of title, wealth, rank, beauty, age, or wisdom. All die in a manner that shows that he has no favoritism. The rich man may die with a malady as painful and protracted as the poor man; the beautiful and accomplished with a disease as foul and loathsome as the beggar. The sad change that the body undergoes in the tomb is as repulsive in the one case as in the other; and amidst all the splendor of rank, and the magnificence of dress and equipage, God intends to keep the great truth before the minds of people, that they are really on a level, and that all must share at his hand alike.
And the people shall be troubled - They shall be shaken, agitated, alarmed. They dread impending danger, or the prospect of sudden destruction.
At midnight - The image here is probably taken from an earthquake, or from a sudden onset made by a band of robbers on a village at night. The essential thought is that of the suddenness with which God can take away the mighty and the mean together. Nothing can resist him, and as he has this absolute control over people, and deals with all alike, there is great impropriety in complaining of his government.
And the mighty - Margin, “They shall take away the mighty.” The idea is, that the great shall be removed - to wit, by sudden death or by overwhelming calamiiy. The argueat of Elihu in this passage Job 34:18-20 is, that it would be esteemed great presumption to arraign the conduct of a prince or king, and it must be much more so to call in question the doings of him who is so superior to princes and kings that he shows them no partiality on account of their rank, but sweeps them away by sudden calamity as he does the most humble of mankind.
Without hand - That is, without any human instrumentality, or without the use of any visible means. It is by a word - by an expression of his will - by power where the agency is not seen. The design is, to show that God can do it with infinite ease.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 34:20. In a moment shall they die — Both are equally dependent on the Almighty for their breath and being; the mighty as well as the poor. If the great men of the earth have abused their power, he sometimes cuts them off by the most sudden and unexpected death; and even at midnight, when in security, and least capable of defence, they are cut off by the people whom they have oppressed, or by the invisible hand of the angel of death. This appears to be spoken in reference to Eastern tyrants, who seldom die a natural death.
