Job 34:20

People often die suddenly; he strikes them at midnight and they die; he even gets rid of mighty people without the help of any humans [SYN].

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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 Context

19He does not favor rulers more than he favors others; he does not favor rich people more than poor people, because he created all of them.

21“He sees [MTY] everything that people do; when we walk, he watches every step that we take.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:29At midnight Yahweh killed all the oldest sons of the Egyptian people, all over Egypt. That included the king’s oldest son, the oldest sons of the prisoners in the dungeon/jail, and the oldest sons of everyone else. He also killed the oldest males of all the Egyptians’ livestock.

1 Samuel 26:10Just as surely as Yahweh lives, he himself will punish Saul. Perhaps Yahweh will strike him when it is Saul’s time to die, or perhaps Saul will be killed in a battle.

Job 36:20Do not wish that it would be nighttime in order that God will not see you and punish you, because night is the time when even people-groups are destroyed!

Isaiah 10:16And I, the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.

Isaiah 30:30And Yahweh will enable us to hear him speaking powerfully/majestically. He will show us that he [SYN] is very powerful. We will see him [SYN] smash his enemies. Being very angry, he will descend with a big rainstorm and thunder and hail to punish them.

Isaiah 37:38One day, when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat region northwest of Nineveh. And another of Sennacherib’s sons, Esarhaddon, became the King of Assyria.

Matthew Henry on Job 34:17-31

16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? 18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. 20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken… Read the whole commentary →

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