King James Version
Job 36:20 in the King James Version says “Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.” — study this verse from Job chapter 36 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.”
Job 36:20 · KJV
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. deliver: Heb. turn thee aside
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“Desire”
H7602to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
“not the night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
“are cut off”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“when people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
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