🌪️WEB · Job 36:20
What does Job 36:20 mean?
"Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place."
— Job 36:20 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?
Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Take heed, don’t regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?
Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness?’
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