Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night. New Living Translation Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night. English Standard Version Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off. Berean Standard Bible Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night. King James Bible Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. New King James Version Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night. New American Standard Bible “Terrors overtake him like a flood; A storm steals him away in the night. NASB 1995 “Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night. NASB 1977 “Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night. Legacy Standard Bible Terrors overtake him like many waters; A tempest steals him away in the night. Amplified Bible “Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood; A windstorm steals him away in the night. Christian Standard Bible Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm wind sweeps him away at night. Holman Christian Standard Bible Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm wind sweeps him away at night. American Standard Version Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Trouble will overtake him like waters and The Spirit in the night like a flying tempest will take him away Brenton Septuagint Translation Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night. Contemporary English Version Terror will strike at night like a flood or a storm. Douay-Rheims Bible Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night. English Revised Version Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night. GOD'S WORD® Translation Terrors overtake him like a flood. A windstorm snatches him away at night. Good News Translation Terror will strike like a sudden flood; a wind in the night will blow them away; International Standard Version Terror will overtake him like a flood, at night, a tornado will sweep him away. JPS Tanakh 1917 Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night. Literal Standard Version Terrors overtake him as waters, | By night a whirlwind has stolen him away. Majority Standard Bible Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night. New American Bible Terrors flood over him like water, at night the tempest carries him off. NET Bible Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off. New Revised Standard Version Terrors overtake them like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries them off. New Heart English Bible Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night. Webster's Bible Translation Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. World English Bible Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night. Young's Literal Translation Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Wicked Man's Portion…19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone. 20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night. 21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.… Cross References Job 15:21 Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him. Job 20:8 He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night. Job 24:18 They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards. Job 34:20 They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand. Psalm 90:5 You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning-- Treasury of Scripture Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night. Terrors Job 15:21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. Job 18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. Job 22:16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: a tempest Job 20:23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. Job 21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. Exodus 12:29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. Jump to Previous Carries Fears Flood Hold Night Overtake Rushing Snatches Stealeth Steals Stolen Storm Storm-Wind Tempest Terrors Waters WhirlwindJump to Next Carries Fears Flood Hold Night Overtake Rushing Snatches Stealeth Steals Stolen Storm Storm-Wind Tempest Terrors Waters WhirlwindJob 27 1. Job protests his sincerity8. The hypocrite is without hope 11. The blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses Verse 20. - Terrors take hold on him as waters (comp. Job 18:11). Terrors sweep over the wicked man like a flood of waters - vague terrors with respect to the past, the present, and the future. He fears the vengeance of these whom he has oppressed and injured, the loss of his prosperity at any moment by a reverse of fortune, and a final retribution at the hand of God commensurate with his ill desert. He is at all times uneasy; sometimes he experiences a sudden rush upon him of such gloomy thoughts, which overwhelms him, and sweeps him away like a mighty stream. A tempest stealeth him away in the night. While he is off his guard, as it were, in the night, a sudden storm bursts on him, and removes him from his place. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Terrorsבַּלָּה֑וֹת (bal·lā·hō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1091: Terror, dreadful event, calamity, destruction overtake תַּשִּׂיגֵ֣הוּ (taś·śî·ḡê·hū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 5381: To reach, overtake him like a flood; כַ֭מַּיִם (ḵam·ma·yim) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen a tempest סוּפָֽה׃ (sū·p̄āh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5492: A storm wind sweeps him away גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ (gə·nā·ḇat·tū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 1589: To thieve, to deceive in the night. לַ֝֗יְלָה (lay·lāh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity Links Job 27:20 NIVJob 27:20 NLT Job 27:20 ESV Job 27:20 NASB Job 27:20 KJV Job 27:20 BibleApps.com Job 27:20 Biblia Paralela Job 27:20 Chinese Bible Job 27:20 French Bible Job 27:20 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 27:20 Terrors overtake him like waters (Jb) |
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