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Job 36:20 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Job 36:20 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 36 verse 20 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.”
Job 36:20 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 36:20
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place (אַל־תִּשְׁאַף הַלָּיְלָה לַעֲלוֹת עַמִּים תַּחְתָּם, al-tish'af hallaylah la'alot ammim tachtam)—This cryptic verse warns against longing for death or divine judgment. The verb sha'af (to pant after, desire, long for) suggests eager anticipation. Laylah (night) symbolizes judgment, darkness, and death throughout Scripture (John 9:4, Romans 13:12). The phrase when people are cut off in their place uses amim (peoples, nations) and suggests sudden destruction.Elihu warns Job against the temptation to wish for death—a desire Job has exp...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 36:20
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“even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.”
“that the angel of Yahweh went forth”
“so that they are destroyed.”
“that Yahweh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt”
“that he might go to his own place.,That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.,,,,,,,,”
“and cut me off!”
“they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south”
“death rather than my bones.”