Job 27:20
What does Job 27:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 27:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 18:11
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.
- 2 Kings 19:35
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
- Job 20:8
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
- Jonah 2:3
For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
- Exodus 12:29
And it came to pass at midnight, that Jehovah smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle.
- Daniel 5:30
In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.
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