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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.

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ASV

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

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רֶ֤גַע׀Re.ga'a momentH7281 →
יָמֻתוּ֮ya.mu.Tuthey dieH4191 →
וַחֲצ֪וֹתva.cha.Tzotand [the] middle ofH2676 →
לָ֥יְלָהLa.ye.lah[the] nightH3915 →
יְגֹעֲשׁ֣וּye.go.'a.Shuthey are shakenH1607 →
עָ֣ם'ama peopleH5971 →
וְיַעֲבֹ֑רוּve.ya.'a.Vo.ruso they may pass awayH5674 →
וְיָסִ֥ירוּve·ya·Si·ruand people may removeH5493 →
אַ֝בִּ֗יר'a.Bir[the] mightyH47 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
בְיָֽד׃ve.Yadby a handH3027 →

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Exodus 11:4So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!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.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!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.Job 36:20Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.Job 12:19He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.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.Daniel 5:30That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,Luke 17:26–29Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:Isaiah 30:30–33And 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.Isaiah 10:16–19Therefore 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.1 Samuel 25:37–39In 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.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.1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.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?’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.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.

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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