Job 36:20
Job 36:20 Meaning and Explanation
“Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.”
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Read Full Chapter →Elihu cautions Job not to long for the night in which whole peoples are swept away.
What Does Job 36:20 Mean?
Elihu warns Job against wishing for the night, an image of judgment or death when nations are cut off where they stand. Job, in his anguish, has at times longed for the grave, and Elihu urges him not to court that darkness.
Beneath the warning is a plea to choose life and light rather than to invite the end. Scripture consistently calls the despairing away from the night and toward the dawn, the hope that finds its surest ground in the One who is the light of the world, in whom no darkness is final.
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What does Job 36:20 mean?
Elihu cautions Job not to long for the night in which whole peoples are swept away.