Job 36:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Do not long for the cover of night to drag people away from their homes.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 34:20 : 20 In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.
  • Job 34:25 : 25 Therefore, he knows their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.
  • Eccl 11:3 : 3 If the clouds are full of rain, they will empty themselves on the earth, and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls.
  • Dan 5:30 : 30 And in that very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, was killed.
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
  • Acts 1:25 : 25 to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
  • 1 Thess 5:2-3 : 2 For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night. 3 Now when they are saying,“There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.
  • Exod 12:29 : 29 The Deliverance from Egypt It happened at midnight– the LORD attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle.
  • 2 Kgs 19:35 : 35 That very night the LORD’s angel went out and killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses.
  • Job 3:20-21 : 20 Longing for Death“Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter, 21 to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,
  • Job 6:9 : 9 And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.
  • Job 7:15 : 15 so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
  • Job 14:13 : 13 The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!
  • Job 17:13-14 : 13 If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness, 14 If I cry to corruption,‘You are my father,’ and to the worm,‘My mother,’ or‘My sister,’

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    5Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

    6That night– let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!

    7Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it!

    8Let those who curse the day curse it– those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

    9Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

  • Job 36:18-19
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    18Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

    19Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?

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  • Job 24:16-17
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    25Do not be afraid of sudden disaster, or when destruction overtakes the wicked;

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    21to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,

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    12These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

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    13In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,

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    18lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

    19Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,

    20for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

  • Job 27:19-20
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    19He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.

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  • Isa 17:14
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    14In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!

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    2before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;

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    4Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

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    29He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

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    9in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night.

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    15In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.

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    15Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

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    23For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile!

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    6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

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    4Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

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    15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

    16For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

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    14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.

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    20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

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    12so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

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    4If I lie down, I say,‘When will I arise?’, and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.

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    21For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off?

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    16“Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears.