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Job 27:20

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27:20Terrors overwhelm him like a flood;34

at night a whirlwind carries him off.

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Footnotes

  1. 34 Many commentators want a word parallel to “in the night.” And so we are offered בַּיּוֹם (bayyom, “in the day”) for כַמַּיִם (khammayim, “like waters”) as well as a number of others. But “waters” sometimes stand for major calamities, and so may be retained here. Besides, not all parallel structures are synonymous.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Terrors overtake him like a flood;

in the night a whirlwind carries him off.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Terrors overtake him like a flood;

a tempest snatches him away in the night.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Terrors overtake him like a flood;

a storm wind sweeps him away at night.

NLTNew Living Translation

Terror overwhelms them like a flood,

and they are blown away in the storms of the night.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Terrors overtake him like the water;

a storm wind carries him off in the night.

KJV 1900King James Version

Terrors take hold on him as waters,

A tempest stealeth him away in the night.