Job 27:20
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
חָזַק
châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra...
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
גָּנַב
gânab
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּנַב gânab
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
Study H1589 →חָזַק châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Study H2388 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →Cross References
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, th...
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 dung...
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.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
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