Job 34:20

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.

Cross-references

Job 34:25 Parallel

Job 34:25 says God overturns them in the night and crushes them — a direct parallel within the same speech, reinforcing the midnight judgment.

Exodus 12:29 describes the LORD striking the firstborn at midnight, directly paralleling Job's midnight death of the mighty without human hand.

Psalm 73:19 Parallel

Psalm 73:19 echoes the sudden destruction of the wicked, matching Job's description of sudden death at midnight.

Daniel 2:34 Allusion

Daniel 2:34 uses the same phrase 'no human hand' for divine judgment — a direct verbal parallel to the mighty taken away by no human hand.

Daniel 2:45 Allusion

Daniel 2:45 uses the same 'by no human hand' phrase, describing God's kingdom destroying earthly powers — echoing the divine removal of the mighty here.

Daniel 5:30 Parallel

Daniel 5:30 records Belshazzar's sudden death that very night, matching Job's description of death at midnight without human hand.

Luke 12:20 Parallel

Luke 12:20 depicts sudden death at night for the rich fool, echoing Job's midnight judgment on the mighty.

Acts 12:23 Parallel

Acts 12:23 shows Herod's sudden death by divine judgment, similar to Job's mighty taken away without human hand.

Exodus 11:4 Parallel

Exodus 11:4 describes the plague at midnight, striking down Egypt's firstborn — a specific instance of sudden death at midnight by God's hand.

Daniel 8:25 Allusion

Daniel 8:25 says the king will be broken 'by no human hand' — the same phrase, applied to a specific tyrant's downfall.

Isaiah 37:36 recounts the sudden destruction of the Assyrian army by divine hand — a parallel to the mighty taken away by no human hand here.

1 Samuel 25:37-39 recounts Nabal's death by divine strike — a parallel to the mighty taken away by no human hand.

Isaiah 37:38 records the sudden assassination of Sennacherib, a mighty king, but by human hand, contrasting Job's 'without hand'.

Isaiah 40:23 says God brings princes to nothing and makes rulers emptiness — a clear thematic parallel to the mighty being taken away.

In Revelation 6:15, the mighty also hide in terror at God's judgment — echoing Job's sudden death of the powerful.