Job 36:20

What does Job 36:20 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 36:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.

Context

v.19Will thy cry avail, that thou be not in distress, Or all the forces ofthystrength?

v.20This passage

v.21Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 17:13

    If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

  • Job 6:9

    Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

  • Luke 12:20

    But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

  • Job 7:15

    So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones.

  • 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 34:25

    Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

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