Job 36:20
“Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.”
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Job 36:20 Context
18Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransome cannot deliuer thee. 19Will he esteeme thy riches? no not gold, nor all the forces of strength. 20Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. 21Take heed, regard not iniquitie: for this hast thou chosen rather then affliction. 22Beholde, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
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Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
- King James Version
"Do not long for the night, When people vanish in their place.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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- Basic English Bible
Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.
- Darby Bible
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
- Webster's Bible
Don't desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
- World English Bible
Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
"Do not long for the night, When people vanish in their place.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.
- American Standard Version (1901)
...
- Basic English Bible
Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.
- Darby Bible
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
- Webster's Bible
Don't desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
- World English Bible
Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Job 36:20
36:20 The night - The night of death, which Job had often desired, for then, thou art irrecoverably gone: take heed of thy foolish and often repeated desire of death, lest God inflict it upon thee in anger.