Parallel Verses

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;

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.

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.

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.

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 For he hath shewn no respect of persons unto princes, neither hath he recognised the rich rather than the poor? For, the work of his hands, are they all. 20 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; 21 For, his eyes, are on the ways of a man, and, all his footsteps, he beholdeth, -

Cross References

Exodus 12:29-30

And it came to pass, at midnight, that Yahweh, smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat upon his throne, unto the firstborn of the captive who was in the pit of his prison, - and every firstborn of beasts.

1 Samuel 25:37-39

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

1 Samuel 26:10

And David said - By the life of Yahweh, surely, Yahweh himself, must smite him, - or, his day, must come that he die, or, into battle, must he go down, and be swept away.

Job 12:19

Who leadeth away priests as a spoil, and, men firmly seated, He overturneth:

Job 36:20

Do not pant for the night, when peoples disappear from their place.

Psalm 73:19

How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceased - come to an end, by reason of calamities.

Isaiah 10:16-19

Therefore, shall the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, Send, among his fat ones, leanness, And under his glory, shall he kindle a kindling, like the kindling of fire;

Isaiah 30:13

Therefore, shall this iniquity become to you As a breach ready to fall, A bulging in a high wall, - Whose breaking down cometh, suddenly in a twinkling.

Isaiah 30:30-33

Then will Yahweh cause to be heard - the resounding of his voice And the bringing down of his arm, shall be seen, In a rage of anger, And with the flame of a devouring fire, - A burst and a downpour, and a hailstone!

Isaiah 37:36

Then went forth the messenger of Yahweh, and smote - in the camp of the Assyrians - a hundred and eighty-five thousand, - and when men arose early in the morning, lo! they were all, dead bodies!

Isaiah 37:38

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

Daniel 2:34

Thou didst look, until that a stone tare itself away, not by the aid of hands, and smote the image upon its feet, which were of iron and clay, - and they were broken in pieces.

Daniel 2:44-45

And, in the days of those kings, shall the God of the heavens, set up, a kingdom which, to the ages, shall not be destroyed, and, the kingdom, to another people, shall not be left, - it shall break in pieces and make an end of all these kingdoms, but, itself, shall stand to the ages.

Daniel 5:30

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

Zechariah 4:6

Then responded he, and spake unto me, saying, This, is the word of Yahweh, unto Zerubbabel, saying, - Not by wealth, nor by strength, but by my spirit, saith Yahweh of hosts.

Matthew 25:6

And, at midnight, an outcry hath been made - Lo! the bridegroom! Be going forth to meet him!

Luke 12:20

But God said unto him - Simple one! on this very night, they are asking, thy soul, from thee; The things, then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

Luke 17:26-29

And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so, will it be, even in the days of the Son of Man:

Acts 12:23

And, instantly, there smote him, a messenger of the Lord, because he gave not the glory unto God; and, becoming worm-eaten, he expired.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For, ye yourselves, perfectly well know - that, the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so, cometh;

2 Peter 2:3

And, in greed, with forged words, will they, of you, make merchandise: for whom, the sentence from of old, is not idle, and, their destruction, doth not slumber.

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