Job 27:20
“Terrours take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.”
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Job 27:20 Context
18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. 19The rich man shall lie downe, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not: 20Terrours take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21The East winde carieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storme hurleth him out of his place. 22For God shall cast vpon him, and not spare: hee would faine flee out of his hand.
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Other Translations for Job 27:20
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
- King James Version
"Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.
- Basic English Bible
Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.
- Darby Bible
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
- Webster's Bible
Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.
- World English Bible
Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 27:20
27:20 Terrors - From the sense of approaching death or judgment. Waters - As violently and irresistibly, as a river breaking its banks, or deluge of waters bears down all before it. A tempest - God's wrath cometh upon him like a tempest, and withal unexpectedly like a thief in the night.