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In a momentרֶגַעthey die,יָמֻתוּand at midnight;וַחֲצוֹת לָיְלָהthe peopleעָםare shakenיְגֹעֲשׁוּand pass away,וְיַעֲבֹרוּand they removeוְיָסִירוּthe mightyאַבִּירwithoutלֹאhand.בְיָד
Job 34:20
Study it in the app“In a moment they die, and at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and they remove the mighty without hand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 34:20, word by word
- In a momentרֶגַעrega
moment
Instant, a very brief moment.
Where else “rega” appears- they dieיָמֻתוּyamutu
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamutu” appears- and at midnightחֲצוֹתchatsot
midnight
Midnight, the middle of the night.
Where else “chatsot” appears- and at midnightלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- are shakenיְגֹעֲשׁוּyegoashu
shake, be shaken
To shake violently, to be stirred up. Said of the earth, of waters or of someone who staggers.
Where else “yegoashu” appears- and pass awayיַעֲבֹרוּyaavoru
pass over
To pass, be gone; "pass over" a wrong is to forgive it.
Where else “yaavoru” appears- and they removeיָסִירוּyasiru
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “yasiru” appears- the mightyאַבִּירabir
mighty
Someone or something of great strength that prevails over others: the mighty one, the chief.
Where else “abir” appears- handיָדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears
Translation note
“Without hand”: without any human hand intervening.
The context
19To him who does not show partiality to princes nor regard the rich above the poor, for the work of his hands are they all.
20 · This verse (above)
21For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and all his steps he sees.