Job 36:20
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
KJV
Ne protrahas noctem, ut ascendant populi pro eis.
Vulgate
μὴ ἐξελκύσῃς τὴν νύκτα, τοῦ ἀναβῆναι λαοὺς ἀντ’ αὐτῶν·
LXX
Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.
ASV
אַל תִּשְׁאַ֥ף הַ/לָּ֑יְלָה לַ/עֲל֖וֹת עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽ/ם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
ו
v
noun · 505×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
שֹּׁאֲפִ֤ים
sh'pym
verb · 14×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 19:35 — And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, th
- Exod 12:29 — And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dung
- Job 34:20 — 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.
- Job 34:20 — 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.
- Job 34:25 — Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.