Job 27:20

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The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.	Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.	The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

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

Original Hebrew

תַּשִּׂיגֵהוּ כַמַּיִם בַּלָּהֹות לַיְלָה גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
תַּשִּׂיגֵ֣/הוּ	ta.si.Ge./hu	H5381	HVhi3fs/Sp3ms	it overtakes/ him
כַ֭/מַּיִם	Kha./ma.yim	H4325	HRd/Ncmpa	like (the)/ waters
בַּלָּה֑וֹת	ba.la.Hot	H1091	HNcfpa	sudden terror(s)
לַ֝֗יְלָה	Lay.lah	H3915	HNcmsa	night
גְּנָבַ֥תּ/וּ	ge.na.Va.t/u	H1589	HVqp3fs/Sp3ms	it steals away/ him
סוּפָֽה	su.Fah	H5492	HNcfsa	a storm-wind

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H1091 — בַּלָּהָה (ballâhâh, bal-law-haw'): from בָּלַהּ; alarm; hence, destruction; terror, trouble.
H1589 — גָּנַב (gânab, gaw-nab'): a primitive root; to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive; carry away, [idiom] indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth.
H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as לוּל; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
H5381 — נָשַׂג (nâsag, naw-sag'): a primitive root; to reach (literally or figuratively); ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, [idiom] surely, (over-) take (hold of, on, upon).
H5492 — סוּפָה (çûwphâh, soo-faw'): from סוּף; a hurricane; Red Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

a tempest — Exodus 12:29, 2 Kings 19:35, Job 20:23, Job 21:18, Daniel 5:30
Terrors — Job 15:21, Job 18:11, Job 22:16, Psalms 18:4, Psalms 42:7, Psalms 69:14-15, Jonah 2:3

Related Topics

Torrey’s: DEATH OF THE WICKED, THE, WIND, THE
Nave’s: DEATH, METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA, OPPRESSION, RICH, THE, WICKED (PEOPLE)

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