Parallel Verses

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.

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 much less to him who is not a respecter of the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands. 20 “In a moment they die, and at midnight
People are shaken and pass away,
And the mighty are taken away without a hand.
21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he sees all his steps.

Cross References

Exodus 12:29-30

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

1 Samuel 25:37-39

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

1 Samuel 26:10

David said furthermore, As the LORD lives, if the LORD does not smite him or his day comes to die or he descends into battle and perishes,

Job 12:19

He leads priests away spoiled and overthrows the mighty.

Job 36:20

Do not desire the night, when he cuts people off in their place.

Psalm 73:19

How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They have come to an end; they are utterly consumed with terrors.

Isaiah 10:16-19

Therefore shall the Lord, the LORD of the 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 sin shall be to you as an open wall ready to fall and as a breach in a high defence, whose breaking comes suddenly at an instant.

Isaiah 30:30-33

And the LORD shall cause the power of his voice to be heard and shall cause the lighting down of his arm to be seen, with the indignation of his countenance and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering and tempest and hailstones.

Isaiah 37:36

Then the angel of the LORD 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 corpses.

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 didst see until a stone was cut out, not with hands, which smote the image upon its feet that were of iron and baked clay and broke them to pieces.

Daniel 2:44-45

And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall raise up a kingdom which eternally shall never become corrupted, and this kingdom shall not be left to another people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

Daniel 5:30

That same night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was slain.

Zechariah 4:6

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

Matthew 25:6

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go ye out to meet him.

Luke 12:20

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast stored up?

Luke 17:26-29

And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

Acts 12:23

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

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For ye know well that the day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night.

2 Peter 2:3

and in covetousness they shall make merchandise of you with feigned words, upon whom the condemnation from a long time ago does not delay, and their perdition does not sleep.

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