King James Version

Job 27:20

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

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תַּשִּׂיגֵ֣הוּtasigehvreachנָשַׂגverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “reach”, an unfinished actionH5381to reach (literally or figuratively)ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, [idiom] surely, (over-) take (hold of, on, upon).כַ֭מַּיִםkhamayimas waterמַיִםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).בַּלָּה֑וֹתbalahotterrorבַּלָּהָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “terror”, the ordinary formH1091alarm; hence, destructionterror, trouble.לַ֝֗יְלָהlaylahnightלַיִלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “night”, the ordinary formH3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity(mid-)night (season).גְּנָבַ֥תּוּgenavatvcarry awayגָּנַבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “carry away”, a completed actionH1589to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceivecarry away, [idiom] indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth.סוּפָֽהsufahstormסוּפָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “storm”, the ordinary formH5492a hurricaneRed Sea, storm, tempest, whirlwind, Red sea.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Young’s Literal Translation

Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.

World English Bible

Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.

Darby Translation

Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.

Douay-Rheims

Poverty like water shall take hold on him, a tempest shall oppress him in the night.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Συνήντησαν αὐτῷ ὥσπερ ὕδωρ αἱ ὀδύναι, νυκτὶ δὲ ὑφείλατο αὐτὸν γνόφος.