Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
People are shaken and pass away,
And
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
people shudder, then pass away.
Even the mighty are removed without effort.
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.
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
Muwth
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 34:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Asserts God's Justice
19 Who isn't partial to princes? Who doesn't give preference to the nobles over the poor? Nevertheless, all of them are his handiwork. 20 "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. 21 Yes, Job, his eyes constantly watch the behavior of human beings; he carefully observes their every step.
Names
Cross References
Exodus 12:29-30
And so at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn 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 all the firstborn of the livestock.
1 Samuel 25:37-39
After Nabal became sober the next morning, his wife told him all that had happened. Nabal's heart failed and he became paralyzed.
1 Samuel 26:10
As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him down, or his time will come to die, or he will go into battle and perish.
Job 12:19
He leads away the priests naked and overthrows the ruling class.
Job 36:20
Don't long for night, when people vanish in their place.
Psalm 73:19
How desolate they quickly become, completely destroyed by calamities.
Isaiah 10:16-19
Therefore, the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies will send a wasting disease among Assyria's sturdy warriors, and under its glory a conflagration will be kindled, like a blazing bonfire.
Isaiah 30:13
therefore, for you this sin will become like a breach in a high wall that is about to collapse, bulging out, and whose crash comes suddenly in an instant.
Isaiah 30:30-33
And the LORD will make heard yes, he will make heard his majestic voice, and make his arm seen descending in raging anger and in a flame of consuming fire, with a cloudburst, thunderstorm and hailstones.
Isaiah 37:36
After this, the angel of the LORD went out and put to death 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When Hezekiah's army awakened in the morning there were all the dead bodies!
Isaiah 37:38
Later, while he was worshiping in the house of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer cut him down with swords and escaped to the land of Ararat. Then Sennacherib's son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
Daniel 2:34
"As you were watching, a rock was quarried but not with human hands and it struck the iron and clay feet of the statue, breaking them to pieces.
Daniel 2:44-45
"During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor its sovereignty left in the hands of another people. It will shatter and crush all of these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.
Daniel 5:30
That night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was killed,
Zechariah 4:6
Then he replied to me, "This is this message from the LORD to Zerubbabel: "Not by valor nor by strength, but only by my Spirit,' says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Matthew 25:6
But at midnight there came a shout: "The groom is here! Come out to meet him!'
Luke 12:20
But God told him, "You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you. Now who will get the things you've accumulated?'
Luke 17:26-29
"Just as it was in Noah's time, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man.
Acts 12:23
Immediately the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
for you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
2 Peter 2:3
In their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. The ancient verdict against them is still in force, and their destruction is not delayed.