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The Book of Job, Chapter 34, Verse 20

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[How 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.
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.
New English Translation
In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.
World English Bible
In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.
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For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
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[There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
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For he will not lay upon man more [than right]; that he should enter into judgment with God.
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He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
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Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth [them] in the night, so that they are destroyed.
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He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
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Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
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So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
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When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:
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That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.