Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

In a moment they die, even at midnight the people are convulsed and pass away; and the strong are taken away without hand.

New American Standard Bible

“In a moment they die, and at midnight
People are shaken and pass away,
And the mighty are taken away without a hand.

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.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

"They die suddenly, in the middle of the night; people suffer seizures and pass away; even valiant men can be taken away and not by human hands.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“In a moment they die, even at midnight
The people are shaken and pass away,
And the powerful are taken away without a [human] hand.

Bible in Basic English

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.

Julia Smith Translation

In a moment shall they die, and the middle of the night shall the people be moved and pass away: and the mighty shall be removed with not a hand.

King James 2000

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 a hand.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[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}.

Modern King James verseion

In a moment they die, and a people are shaken at midnight and pass away; and the mighty shall be taken away without a hand.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

In the twinkling of an eye shall they be slain: and at midnight, when the people and the tyrants rage, then shall they perish, and be taken away without hands.

NET Bible

In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

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;

Webster

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.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

In a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
In a moment
רגע 
Rega` 
Usage: 22

מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

and the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

גּעשׁ 
Ga`ash 
Usage: 9

חצות 
Chatsowth 
Usage: 3

and pass away
עבר 
`abar 
over, pass, through, pass by, go, away, pass on,
Usage: 557

and the mighty
H47
אבּיר 
'abbiyr 
Usage: 17

שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Elihu Asserts God's Justice

19 How then to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich man more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands. 20 In a moment they die, even at midnight the people are convulsed and pass away; and the strong are taken away without hand. 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his steps.

Cross References

Exodus 12:29-30

And it came to pass that at midnight Jehovah smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle.

1 Samuel 25:37-39

And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

1 Samuel 26:10

And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will surely smite him; either his day shall come to die, or he shall descend into battle and perish.

Job 12:19

He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;

Job 36:20

Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.

Psalm 73:19

How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.

Isaiah 10:16-19

Therefore shall the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness, and under his glory he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of a fire:

Isaiah 30:13

therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a towering wall, whose breaking shall come suddenly in an instant.

Isaiah 30:30-33

And Jehovah will cause the majesty of his voice to be heard, and will shew the lighting down of his arm with indignation of anger, and a flame of consuming fire, with waterflood and storm and hailstones.

Isaiah 37:36

And an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.

Isaiah 37:38

And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

Daniel 2:34

Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands; and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.

Daniel 2:44-45

And in the days of these kings shall the God of the heavens set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the sovereignty thereof shall not be left to another people: it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but itself shall stand for ever.

Daniel 5:30

In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

Zechariah 4:6

And he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Matthew 25:6

But in the middle of the night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?

Luke 17:26-29

And as it took place in the days of Noe, thus also shall it be in the days of the Son of man:

Acts 12:23

And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief by night.

2 Peter 2:3

And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.

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