Job 27:20
Strong's Lexicon
Terrors
בַּלָּה֑וֹת (bal·lā·hō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1091: 1) terror, destruction, calamity, dreadful event

overtake
תַּשִּׂיגֵ֣הוּ (taś·śî·ḡê·hū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5381: 1) to reach, overtake, take hold upon 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to overtake 1a2) to reach, attain to, cause to reach 1a3) to be able to secure, reach, have enough

him like a flood;
כַ֭מַּיִם (ḵam·ma·yim)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: 1) water, waters 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

a tempest
סוּפָֽה׃ (sū·p̄āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5492: n f 1) storm-wind Suphah = 'honeycomb: overflow' n pr loc 2) a place east of the Jordan

sweeps him away
גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ (gə·nā·ḇat·tū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1589: 1) to steal, steal away, carry away 1a) (Qal) to steal 1b) (Niphal) to be stolen 1c) (Piel) to steal away 1d)(Pual) to be stolen away, be brought by stealth 1e) (Hithpael) to go by stealth, steal away

in the night.
לַ֝֗יְלָה (lay·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3915: 1) night 1a) night (as opposed to day) 1b) of gloom, protective shadow (fig.)

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

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

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

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

King James Bible
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Parallel Verses
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.

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

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

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

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

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

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
















Cross References
Job 15:21
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

Job 20:8
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

Job 24:18
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

Job 34:20
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

Psalm 90:5
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 27:19
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

Job 27:18
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

Job 27:17
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Job 27:21
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

Job 27:22
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
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