Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
people shudder, then pass away.
Even the mighty are removed without effort.
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.
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
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 34:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Asserts God's Justice
19
and does not favor the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of His hands.
people shudder, then pass away.
Even the mighty are removed without effort.
and He observes all his steps.
Names
Cross References
Exodus 12:29-30
Now at midnight the Lord struck every firstborn male 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 every firstborn of the livestock.
1 Samuel 25:37-39
In the morning when Nabal sobered up,
1 Samuel 26:10
David added, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will certainly strike him down:
Job 12:19
and overthrows established leaders.
Job 36:20
when nations will disappear from their places.
Psalm 73:19
They come to an end, swept away by terrors.
Isaiah 10:16-19
will inflict an emaciating disease
on the well-fed of Assyria,
and He will kindle a burning fire
under its glory.
Isaiah 30:13
like a spreading breach,
a bulge in a high wall
whose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly!
Isaiah 30:30-33
and reveal His arm
and a flame of consuming fire,
in driving rain, a torrent, and hailstones.
Isaiah 37:36
Then
Isaiah 37:38
One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat.
Daniel 2:34
As you were watching, a stone broke off without a hand touching it,
Daniel 2:44-45
“In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed,
Daniel 5:30
That very night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed,
Zechariah 4:6
So he answered me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by strength or by might, but by My Spirit,’
Matthew 25:6
Luke 12:20
Luke 17:26-29
Acts 12:23
At once an angel of the Lord
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord
2 Peter 2:3
They will exploit