OLD TESTAMENT

Job 34:20

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In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.

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Verse 20. They, the wicked, whatever may be their station in life. Bible.—God takes off the tyrant ( Calmet.) when he least expects it, as well as the poor. Bible.—Troubled, or make an insurrection. Calmet.—This often proves the ruin of tyrants. Bible.—Hand, by the destroying angel. Calmet.

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