Job 27:20
Modern Translations
New International Version
Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night.

New Living Translation
Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night.

English Standard Version
Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off.

Berean Study Bible
Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.

New American Standard Bible
“Terrors overtake him like a flood; A storm steals him away in the night.

NASB 1995
"Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night.

NASB 1977
“Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night.

Amplified Bible
“Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood; A windstorm steals him away in the night.

Christian Standard Bible
Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm wind sweeps him away at night.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Terrors overtake him like a flood; a storm wind sweeps him away at night.

Contemporary English Version
Terror will strike at night like a flood or a storm.

Good News Translation
Terror will strike like a sudden flood; a wind in the night will blow them away;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Terrors overtake him like a flood. A windstorm snatches him away at night.

International Standard Version
Terror will overtake him like a flood, at night, a tornado will sweep him away.

NET Bible
Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

New King James Version
Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night.

King James 2000 Bible
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night.

New Heart English Bible
Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.

World English Bible
Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.

American King James Version
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night.

American Standard Version
Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

A Faithful Version
Terrors overtake him like flooding waters; a tempest steals him away in the night.

Darby Bible Translation
Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.

English Revised Version
Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Webster's Bible Translation
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Terrours shal take him as waters, & a tempest shall cary him away by night.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Terrour taketh holde vpon hym as a water fludde, and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Destruccion taketh holde vpo him as a water floude, & ye tepest stealeth him awaye in the night season.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Terrors overtake him as waters, "" By night a whirlwind has stolen him away.

Young's Literal Translation
Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.

Smith's Literal Translation
Terrors shall hedge him about as waters, the night a tempest stole him away.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Trouble will overtake him like waters and The Spirit in the night like a flying tempest will take him away

Lamsa Bible
Terrors overtake him like swift water, and like a tempest that rages.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night.
















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