Protestantism
English
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.1
- the mighty…: Heb. they shall take away the mighty
In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.
In a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.
In a moment they die, even at midnight the people are convulsed and pass away; and the strong are taken away without hand.
They shall die suddenly, and the people shalbe troubled at midnight, and they shall passe foorth and take away the mightie without hand.
In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand.
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.
Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.
They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
In a moment they die, even at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand.
In a moment they shall die, and the peoples shall be troubled at midnight and shall pass away; and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
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.
In a moment they die, and in the middle of the night the people are shaken, and they pass away, and they take away the mighty ⌞effortlessly⌟.1
- Literally “not by a hand”
In a moment they die, and a people are shaken at midnight; yea, they pass away, and the mighty will be taken without a hand.
In a moment they die, and a people are shaken at midnight and pass away; and the mighty shall be taken away without a hand.
In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.
In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.
In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.
In a moment they die; yea, at midnight Do the people stagger and pass away, And the mighty are destroyed without hand.
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.1
- the mighty…: Heb. they shall take away the mighty.
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.
In a moment, they die, even in the middle of the night,—A people are convulsed when they pass away, A mighty one is removed, without hand;
In a moment they shall die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.1
- the mighty...: Heb. they shall take away the mighty
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.
Catholicism
English
They shall suddenly die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and they shall pass, and take away the violent without hand.
They will die suddenly, and the people will be troubled in the middle of the night, but they will pass through it, and the violent will be taken away without a hand.12
- 34:20In the Bible, the expression, ‘without a hand’ (absque manu) generally refers to situations where God accomplishes something without making use of human intervention, i.e. by angelic or divine intervention. In this verse, they take away the violent without human assistance. They could refer to angels, but since the subject of the sentence is not specified, the translation avoids specifying the subject by converting the phrase to passive tense.(Conte)
- 34:20This verse refers to the Three Days of Darkness, when many will die, and many will be troubled in the midst of darkness (or, in the middle of night), but they will survive and pass through the darkness, and then they will find that the violent have been taken away without human intervention, without a hand.(Conte)