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Job 34

Job 34:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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In a moment
rega` (Hebrew #7281)
from 7280. a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
KJV usage: instant, moment, space, suddenly.
Pronounce: reh'-gah
shall they die
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
, and the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
shall be troubled
ga`ash (Hebrew #1607)
a primitive root to agitate violently
KJV usage: move, shake, toss, trouble.
Pronounce: gaw-ash'
at midnight
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
chatsowth (Hebrew #2676)
the middle (of the night)
KJV usage: mid(-night).
Pronounce: khaw-tsoth'
Origin: from 2673
, and pass away
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
: and γthe mighty
'abbiyr (Hebrew #47)
for 46; --angel, bull, chiefest, mighty (one), stout(-hearted), strong (one), valiant.
Pronounce: ab-beer'
shall be taken away
cuwr (Hebrew #5493)
a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, X be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
Pronounce: soor
Origin: or suwr (Hosea 9:12) {soor}
without hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
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they shall take away the mighty.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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a moment.
Psa. 73:19• 19How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors. (Psa. 73:19)
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Isa. 30:13• 13therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a towering wall, whose breaking shall come suddenly in an instant. (Isa. 30:13)
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Isa. 37:38• 38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. (Isa. 37:38)
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Dan. 5:30• 30In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. (Dan. 5:30)
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Luke 12:20• 20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared? (Luke 12:20)
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Acts 12:23• 23And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms. (Acts 12:23)
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1 Thess. 5:2• 2for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief by night. (1 Thess. 5:2)
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2 Peter 2:3• 3And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not. (2 Peter 2:3)
troubled.
Ex. 12:29‑30• 29And it came to pass that at midnight Jehovah smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle.
 30And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his bondmen, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house in which there was not one dead. (Ex. 12:29‑30)
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Isa. 37:36• 36And an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies. (Isa. 37:36)
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Matt. 25:6• 6But in the middle of the night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him. (Matt. 25:6)
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Luke 17:26‑29• 26And as it took place in the days of Noe, thus also shall it be in the days of the Son of man:
 27they ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them;
 28and in like manner as took place in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
 29but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all of them: (Luke 17:26‑29)
the mighty shall be taken away.
Heb. they shall take awaythe mighty.
without.
1 Sam. 25:37‑39• 37And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
 38And it came to pass in about ten days that Jehovah smote Nabal, and he died.
 39And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil; but Jehovah has returned Nabal's evil upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her as his wife. (1 Sam. 25:37‑39)
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1 Sam. 26:10• 10And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will surely smite him; either his day shall come to die, or he shall descend into battle and perish. (1 Sam. 26:10)
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Isa. 10:16‑19• 16Therefore shall the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness, and under his glory he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of a fire:
 17and the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briars in one day,
 18and it shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when a sick man fainteth.
 19And the remainder of the trees of his forest shall be few: yea, a child might write them. (Isa. 10:16‑19)
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Isa. 30:30‑33• 30And Jehovah will cause the majesty of his voice to be heard, and will shew the lighting down of his arm with indignation of anger, and a flame of consuming fire, with waterflood and storm and hailstones.
 31For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be broken down: he will smite him with the rod.
 32And wherever shall pass the appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, it shall be with tambours and harps; and with tumultuous battles will he fight with it.
 33For Topheth is prepared of old; for the king also it is prepared: he hath made it deep and large; its pile is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. (Isa. 30:30‑33)
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Dan. 2:34,44‑45• 34Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands; and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.
 44And in the days of these kings shall the God of the heavens set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the sovereignty thereof shall not be left to another people: it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but itself shall stand for ever.
 45Forasmuch as thou sawest that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold,--the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. And the dream is certain, and the interpretation of it sure. (Dan. 2:34,44‑45)
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Zech. 4:6• 6And he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Zech. 4:6)
• Their life hangs upon His will, in a moment He can cut them off—will we think of such an One as fickle, uncertain or unfair? (“Job 32-37” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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In a moment they die, even at midnight the people are convulsed and pass away; and the strong are taken away without hand.