'Away' in the Bible

There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of perfect integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.”

And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The fire of God came down from heaven, burning up the sheep and the goats and the young men completely, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

When a great wind came rushing from the waste land against the four sides of the house, and it came down on the young men, and they are dead; and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him, to destroy him without just cause.”

If only darkness had taken that night away!May it not appear among the days of the yearor be listed in the calendar.

“Or like a miscarriage which is hidden and put away, I would not exist,Like infants who never saw light.

Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

There is no help within me, is there? My resources have been driven away from me, haven't they?

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

Caravans turn away from their routes,go up into the desert, and perish.

“You would cast lots (gamble) over the fatherlessAnd bargain away your friend.

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.

I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days are vanity.

Will You ever look away from me,or leave me alone long enough to swallow?

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!

If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you.

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

It is he who takes away the mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in his wrath:

Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

So why did you bring me forth from the womb? I should have passed away, {and no eye should have seen me}.

Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

But what the wicked look for will fail; their way of escape will be taken away from them; their only hope is to take their final breath."

He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

He strips away the authority of kings to punish and puts them in prison clothes instead.

He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong;

He makes nations great, then destroys them;He enlarges nations, then leads them away.

He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Who [is] he who will contend with me? For {then} I would be silent, and I would pass away.

Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?

And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

look away from him and let him restso that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand.

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.

And yet, a falling mountain wasteth away, And a rock is removed from its place.

The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

“Indeed, you do away with reverenceAnd hinder meditation before God.

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

“It will be fulfilled while he still lives,And his branch will not be green [but shall wither away].

"But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking -- how much of it goes away?

“But now God has exhausted me.You [O Lord] have destroyed all my family and my household.

“My eye has grown dim (unexpressive) because of grief,And all my [body’s] members are [wasted away] like a shadow.

Parts of his skin are eaten away;death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.

He is ripped from the security of his tentand marched away to the king of terrors.

His roots below dry up,and his branches above wither away.

He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape.

"He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.

My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.

My bones are joined to my skin, and I have got away with my flesh in my teeth.

Whom I, even I, will see for myself,And my eyes will see Him and not another!My heart faints within me.

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

"They say to God, "Turn away from us! We have no desire to know your ways.

They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

“You say, ‘God stores away a man’s iniquity for his sons.’Let God repay him so that he may know it.

“That evil men are [now] reserved for the day of disaster and destruction,They will be led away on the day of [God’s] wrath?

when he is carried away to the cemetery and guardians are placed to watch his tomb?

For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

"Isn't God in heaven above? Consider how far away the stars are, and how lofty they are!

They were snatched away before their time,and their foundations were washed away by a river.

They told God, "Get away from us!' and "What will the Almighty do to them?'

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals."

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.

"The fatherless are torn from the breast; the poor are taken away as security for a loan.

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.

As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow,so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

Yet God drags away the mighty by His power;when He rises up, they have no assurance of life.

He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.

They are exalted a little while, then {they are gone}. And they are brought low; they are cut off like all [others], and like [the] heads of grain they wither away.

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

“Far be it from me that I should declare you right;Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

"Though he hoards silver like dust, and stores away garments like clay,

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.