What does Job 34:20 mean?

Job 34:20 highlights themes such as mortality, judgment, power when read in context.

How should I apply Job 34:20 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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.

18Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

19How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

20In 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.

21For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

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Ecclesiastes 3:19
Both verses reflect on the inevitability of death for all, emphasizing human mortality.