Job 27:20

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“Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.”

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BSBPD

“Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 27:20 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 12:29Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.
  2. 2 Kings 19:35And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
  3. Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
  4. Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
  5. Job 20:8He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
  6. Job 20:23When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
  7. Job 21:18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
  8. Job 22:16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
  9. Job 34:20They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
  10. Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
  11. Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
  12. Psalms 69:14Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
  13. Psalms 83:16Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
  14. Daniel 5:30That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
  15. Jonah 2:3For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.

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