Job Chapter 34 verse 20 Holy Bible
In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.
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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.
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In a moment they die, even at midnight the people are convulsed and pass away; and the strong are taken away without hand.
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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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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.
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In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, The mighty are taken away without hand.
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`In' a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - In a moment shall they die. All lie under the same law of death - "Pallida Mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernasRegumque turres."(Horace,'Od.,' 1:4, 11. 13, 14.) In a moment, whenever God wills, they pass from life and disappear, the rich equally with the needy, the powerful prince as much as the outcast and the beggar. And the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away. (comp. Exodus 12:29; 2 Kings 19:35). Such sudden catastrophes are infrequent; but it is within the power of God to produce them at any time. When they occur, they strikingly exemplify the equality of his dealings with all classes of men, since none escape (Exodus 11:5; Exodus 12:29). And the mighty shall be taken away without hand; i.e. without human agency (comp. Daniel 2:34).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) In a moment shall they die--i.e., "they all alike die, rich and poor together; the hour of death is not hastened for the poor nor delayed for the rich. They all alike die."Even at midnight the people are troubled. . . .--It is hard to think that the writer did not know of Exodus 12:29. It is better to read these statements as habitual presents and not as futures: "In a moment they die, even at midnight--the people are shaken and pass away," &c.
