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Job 27:20

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

Terrors {H1091} take hold {H5381} on him as waters {H4325}, a tempest {H5492} stealeth him away {H1589} in the night {H3915}.

Terrors overtake him like a flood; at night a whirlwind steals him away.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Job 15:21 (5 votes)

    A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
  • Job 18:11 (4 votes)

    ¶ Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
  • Psalms 69:14 (2 votes)

    Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
  • Psalms 69:15 (2 votes)

    Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
  • Daniel 5:30 (2 votes)

    ¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
  • Job 21:18 (2 votes)

    They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
  • Exodus 12:29 (2 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that [was] in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
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