🌪️WEB · Job 34:20
What does Job 34:20 mean?
"In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand."
— Job 34:20 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Shall even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty?—
Who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?
Who doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.
“For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.
There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
For he doesn’t need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.
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