Job 36:20 meaning and explanation

Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.

Job 36:20, Berean Standard Bible

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Elihu, a younger bystander, is still addressing Job in his long speech defending God's justice. Here he warns Job against longing for the night, the cover of darkness when peoples are taken away, whether by disaster, raid or death.

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