Job 34:20

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Job 34:20

They die suddenly in the middle of the night;
people shudder, then pass away.
Even the mighty are removed without effort.

Exodus 12:29-30

Now at midnight the Lord struck every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and every firstborn of the livestock.

1 Samuel 25:37-39

In the morning when Nabal sobered up, his wife told him about these events. Then he had a seizure and became paralyzed.

1 Samuel 26:10

David added, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will certainly strike him down: either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

Job 12:19

He leads priests away barefoot
and overthrows established leaders.

Job 36:20

Do not long for the night
when nations will disappear from their places.

Psalm 73:19

How suddenly they become a desolation!
They come to an end, swept away by terrors.

Isaiah 10:16-19

Therefore the Lord God of Hosts
will inflict an emaciating disease
on the well-fed of Assyria,
and He will kindle a burning fire
under its glory.

Isaiah 30:13

this iniquity of yours will be
like a spreading breach,
a bulge in a high wall
whose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly!

Isaiah 30:30-33

And the Lord will make the splendor of His voice heard
and reveal His arm striking in angry wrath
and a flame of consuming fire,
in driving rain, a torrent, and hailstones.

Isaiah 37:36

Then the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!

Isaiah 37:38

One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. Then his son Esar-haddon became king in his place.

Daniel 2:34

As you were watching, a stone broke off without a hand touching it, struck the statue on its feet of iron and fired clay, and crushed them.

Daniel 2:44-45

“In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and this kingdom will not be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself endure forever.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed,

Zechariah 4:6

So he answered me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by strength or by might, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of Hosts.

Matthew 25:6

“In the middle of the night there was a shout: ‘Here’s the groom! Come out to meet him.’

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’

Luke 17:26-29

“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man:

Acts 12:23

At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he became infected with worms and died.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.

2 Peter 2:3

They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

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Summary

Job 34:20

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.

A moment

Troubled

Without

General references

Isaiah 40:23

Bible References

A moment

How suddenly they become a desolation!
They come to an end, swept away by terrors.

this iniquity of yours will be
like a spreading breach,
a bulge in a high wall
whose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly!

That very night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed,

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’

At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he became infected with worms and died.

For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.

They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

Troubled

Then the angel of the Lord

went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!

“In the middle of the night there was a shout: ‘Here’s the groom! Come out to meet him.’

“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man:

Without

In the morning when Nabal sobered up, his wife told him about these events. Then he had a seizure and became paralyzed.

David added, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will certainly strike him down: either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

Therefore the Lord God of Hosts
will inflict an emaciating disease
on the well-fed of Assyria,
and He will kindle a burning fire
under its glory.

And the Lord will make the splendor of His voice heard
and reveal His arm striking in angry wrath
and a flame of consuming fire,
in driving rain, a torrent, and hailstones.

As you were watching, a stone broke off without a hand touching it,

struck the statue on its feet of iron and fired clay, and crushed them.

So he answered me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by strength or by might, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of Hosts.

General references

He reduces princes to nothing
and makes judges of the earth irrational.