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Job 34:20

NETBible	In a moment they die, in the middle of the night,¹ people² are shaken³ and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Job 34:20	They die in an instant, in the middle of the night; the people are shaken and they pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
NASB © biblegateway Job 34:20	"In a moment they die, and at midnight People are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without a hand.
NLT © biblegateway Job 34:20	In a moment they die. At midnight they all pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
MSG © biblegateway Job 34:20	Don't people who deserve it die without notice? Don't wicked rulers tumble to their doom? When the so-called great ones are wiped out, we know God is working behind the scenes.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 34:20	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 34:20	In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.
NKJV © biblegateway Job 34:20	In a moment they die, in the middle of the night; The people are shaken and pass away; The mighty are taken away without a hand.
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KJV	In a moment <07281> shall they die <04191> (8799)_, and the people <05971> shall be troubled <01607> (8792) at midnight <02676> <03915>_, and pass away <05674> (8799)_: and the mighty <047> shall be taken away <05493> (8686) without hand <03027>_. {the mighty...: Heb. they shall take away the mighty}
NASB © biblegateway Job 34:20	"In a moment <07281> they die <04191> , and at midnight <02676> <3915> People <05971> are shaken <01607> and pass <05674> away <05674> , And the mighty <047> are taken <05493> away <05493> without <03808> a hand <03027> .
LXXM	kena <2756> A-APN de <1161> PRT autoiv <846> D-DPM apobhsetai <576> V-FMI-3S to <3588> T-ASN kekragenai <2896> V-RAN kai <2532> CONJ deisyai <1210> V-PMN androv <435> N-GSM ecrhsanto <5531> V-AMI-3P gar <1063> PRT paranomwv {ADV} ekklinomenwn <1578> V-PMPGP adunatwn <102> A-GPM
NET [draft] ITL	In a moment <07281> they die <04191> , in the middle <02676> of the night <03915> , people <05971> are shaken <01607> and they pass <05674> away <05493> . The mighty <047> are removed <05493> effortlessly <03027> .
HEBREW	dyb <03027> al <03808> ryba <047> wryoyw <05493> wrbeyw <05674> Me <05971> wsegy <01607> hlyl <03915> twuxw <02676> wtmy <04191> egr (34:20) <07281>

NETBible

In a moment they die, in the middle of the night,¹ people² are shaken³ and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Dhorme transposes “in the middle of the night” with “they pass away” to get a smoother reading. But the MT emphasizes the suddenness by putting both temporal ideas first. E. F. Sutcliffe leaves the order as it stands in the text, but adds a verb “they expire” after “in the middle of the night” (“Notes on Job, textual and exegetical,” Bib 30 [1949]: 79ff.).

²tn R. Gordis (Job, 389) thinks “people” here mean the people who count, the upper class.

³tn The verb means “to be violently agitated.” There is no problem with the word in this context, but commentators have made suggestions for improving the idea. The proposal that has the most to commend it, if one were inclined to choose a new word, is the change to יִגְוָעוּ (yigva’u, “they expire”; so Ball, Holscher, Fohrer, and others).

⁴tn Heb “not by hand.” This means without having to use force.