'Away' in the Bible

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

So the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil."

and the Sabeans swooped down and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I -- only I alone -- escaped to tell you!"

While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I -- only I alone -- escaped to tell you!"

He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!"

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason."

Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.

My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.

Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?

And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone."

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

If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him, 'What are you doing?'

who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid.

if iniquity is in your hand -- put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away.

He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.

He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

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 desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man.

As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up,

But as a mountain falls away and crumbles, and as a rock will be removed from its place,

as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope.

You overpower him once for all, and he departs; you change his appearance and send him away.

Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

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

It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs.

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

Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.

So they say to God, 'Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.

How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?

you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

They were saying to God, 'Turn away from us,' and 'What can the Almighty do to us?'

They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the widow's ox as a pledge.

The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; so the grave takes away those who have sinned.

For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place.

And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the Lord -- that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

Terrors are turned loose on me; they drive away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.

for I do not know how to give honorary titles, if I did, my Creator would quickly do away with me.

His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible.

For Job says, 'I am innocent, but God turns away my right.

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

because they have turned away from following him, and have not understood any of his ways,

Do not long for the cover of night to drag people away from their homes.

But now, the sun cannot be looked at -- it is bright in the skies -- after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.

It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword.