Job 36:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 36:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 36:20 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 36:20 — KJV
“Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.”
— Job 36:20 (KJV)
Job 36:20 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 36:20
“And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.”
Shares key themes with Job 36:20: people, cut, off
“And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only? Glory...: or, Have this honour over me, etc when: or, against when to destroy: Heb. to cut off”
Shares key themes with Job 36:20: people, cut, off
“For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.”
Shares key themes with Job 36:20: people, cut, off
“Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.”
Shares key themes with Job 36:20: people, cut, off
“Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.”
Shares key themes with Job 36:20: people, cut, off
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