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Job Chapter 27 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Job 27:20

Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
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BBE Job 27:20

Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.
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DARBY Job 27:20

Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.
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KJV Job 27:20

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
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WBT Job 27:20

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
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WEB Job 27:20

Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest steals him away in the night.
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YLT Job 27:20

Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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.

Ellicott's Commentary