Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Terrors shall hedge him about as waters, the night a tempest stole him away.
New American Standard Bible
A tempest steals him away
King James Version
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Holman Bible
a storm
International Standard Version
Terror will overtake him like a flood, at night, a tornado will sweep him away.
A Conservative Version
Terrors overtake him like waters. A tempest steals him away in the night.
American Standard Version
Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Amplified
“Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood;
A windstorm steals him away in the night.
Bible in Basic English
Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.
Darby Translation
Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.
King James 2000
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Terrors overtake him like the water; a storm wind carries him off [in the] night.
Modern King James verseion
Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest steals him away in the night.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Destruction taketh hold upon him as a water flood, and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season.
NET Bible
Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.
New Heart English Bible
Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.
The Emphasized Bible
There shall reach him - like waters - terrors, By night, a storm-wind hath stolen him away;
Webster
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
World English Bible
Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.
Youngs Literal Translation
Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
Themes
Death of the The Wicked » Frequently marked by terror
Night » God frequently » Executed his judgments in
Interlinear
Nasag
Mayim
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 27:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Continues His Final Speech
19 The rich one shall lie down, and he shall not be gathered: he opened his eyes, and he is not 20 Terrors shall hedge him about as waters, the night a tempest stole him away. 21 The east wind shall lift him up, and he shall go: and it shall sweep him away in storm from his place.
Names
Cross References
Job 15:21
The voice of fears in his ears: in peace he destroying shall come upon him.
Job 18:11
Terrors made him afraid round about, and scattered him to his feet.
Exodus 12:29
And it will be in the middle of the night, and Jehovah struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh sitting upon his throne, to the first-born of the captive which is in the house of the pit; and every first-born of the cattle.
2 Kings 19:35
And it will be in that night the messenger of Jehovah will strike in the camp of Assur, a hundred eighty and five thousand; and they will rise early in the morning, and behold, all of them dead corpses.
Job 20:8
As a dream he shall fly away, and they shall not find him: and he shall flee away as the vision of the night
Job 20:23
He will be for filling his belly, he will send upon him the burning of his anger, and will rain upon him in his eating.
Job 21:18
They shall be as straw before the wind, and as chaff the storm stole it away.
Job 22:16
Who were laid hold of, and no time a river will pour out their foundation?
Job 34:20
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.
Psalm 18:4
The pains of death surrounded me, and the torrents of Belial made me afraid.
Psalm 42:7
Deep calling to deep at the voice of thy cataracts: all thy breakers and thy waves passed over me.
Psalm 69:14-15
Deliver me from the mire and I shall not sink: I shall be delivered from those hating me, and from the depths of waters.
Daniel 5:30
In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was killed.
Jonah 2:3
And thou wilt cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas; and the river will surround me: all thy breakers and thy waves passed over me.