Job 27:20

Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; ¹  at night a whirlwind carries him off.

Ex 12:29; 2Ki 19:35; Job 15:21; Job 18:11; Job 20:23; Job 21:18; Job 22:16; Ps 18:4; Ps 42:7; Ps 69:14,15; Da 5:30; Jon 2:3

¹ tn Many commentators want a word parallel to “in the night.” And so we are offered בַּיּוֹם (bayyom, “in the day”) for כַמַּיִם (khammayim, “like waters”) as well as a number of others. But “waters” sometimes stand for major calamities, and so may be retained here. Besides, not all parallel structures are synonymous.