'Away' in the Bible

and the Sabeans attacked and swooped down on them and took away the animals. They also killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

While he was still speaking, another [messenger] also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and have taken them away and have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

He said,“Naked (without possessions) I came [into this world] from my mother’s womb,And naked I will return there.The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

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

“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a brook,Like the torrents of brooks that vanish,

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

“As a cloud vanishes and is gone,So he who goes down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) does not come up.

“Will You never turn Your gaze away from me [it plagues me],Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

“Why then do You not pardon my transgressionAnd take away my sin and guilt?For now I will lie down in the dust;And You will seek me [diligently], but I will not be.”

“Behold, God will not reject a man of integrity,Nor will He strengthen or support evildoers.

“Behold, He snatches away; who can restrain or turn Him back?Who will say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

“Now my days are swifter than a runner;They vanish, they see no good.

“They pass by like the [swift] boats made of reeds,Like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

“Let Him take His rod away from me,And let not the dread and fear of Him terrify me.

If sin is in your hand, put it far away [from you],And do not let wrongdoing dwell in your tents;

“For you would forget your trouble;You would remember it as waters that have passed by.

“He makes [great and scheming] counselors walk barefootAnd makes fools of judges.

“He makes priests walk barefoot,And He overturns men firmly seated and secure.

“He deprives the trusted ones of speechAnd takes away the discernment and discretion of the aged.

“He makes nations great, and He destroys them;He enlarges nations, and leads them away [captive].

“He removes intelligence and understanding from the leaders of the people of the earthAnd makes them wander and move blindly in a pathless waste.

While I waste away like a rotten thing,Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Water wears away the stones,Its floods and torrents wash away the soil of the earth,So You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.

“You prevail forever against him and overpower him, and he passes on;You change his appearance and send him away [from the presence of the living].

“Indeed, you are doing away with fear,And you are diminishing meditation before God.

“Why does your heart carry you away [allowing you to be controlled by emotion]?And why do your eyes flash [in anger or contempt],

“He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster];The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch,And by the blast of His mouth he will go away.

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

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

“He flies away like a dream and cannot be found;Yes, he is chased away like a vision of the night.

“For he has oppressed and neglected the poor;He has violently taken away houses which he did not build.

“The produce and increase of his house will depart [with the victors];His possessions will be dragged away in the day of God’s wrath.

“Are they like straw before the wind,And like chaff that the storm steals and carries away?

“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?

“You have sent widows away empty-handed,And the arms (strength) of the fatherless have been broken.

Men who were snatched away before their time,Whose foundations were poured out like a river?

“If you return to the Almighty [and submit and humble yourself before Him], you will be built up [and restored];If you remove unrighteousness far from your tents,

“Some remove the landmarks;They [violently] seize and pasture flocks [appropriating land and flocks openly].

“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;Their portion is cursed on the earth;They do not turn toward the vineyards.

“As God lives, who has taken away my right and denied me justice,And the Almighty, who has caused bitterness and grief for my soul,

“Far be it from me that I should admit you are right [in your accusations against me];Until I die, I will not remove my integrity from me.

“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],When God takes his life?

“Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood;A windstorm steals him away in the night.

“He breaks open (mine) shafts far away from where people live,[In places] forgotten by the [human] foot;They dangle [in the mines] and hang away from men.

“On my right the [rabble] brood rises;They push my feet away, and they build up their ways of destruction against me [like an advancing army].

“Terrors are turned upon me;They chase away my honor and reputation like the wind,And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

Then let my shoulder fall away from its socket,And my arm be broken off at the elbow.

“For I do not know how to flatter, [in an appropriate way, and I fear that],My Maker would soon take me away.

“His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,And his bones which were not seen now stick out.

“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous [and innocent],But God has taken away my right;

“In a moment they die, even at midnightThe people are shaken and pass away,And the powerful are taken away without a [human] hand.