Job 34:20

“In a moment shall they die, etc.] Princes as well as the common people, rich men as well as poor; all must and do die, great and small, high and low, kings and peasants, rich and poor men, and sometimes suddenly; are struck dead at once, and without any previous notice, that night, that hour, that moment their souls are required of them. The Targum interprets this of the men of Sodom. And Mr. Broughton, in his margin, refers to the history of them in (<011901>Genesis 19:1-38); and the people shall be troubled at midnight; either the common people, when their kings and governors die; or the relations and friends of persons deceased; and this circumstance “at midnight” is added, which makes…”

“they--"the rich" and "princes" who offend God. the people--namely, of the guilty princes: guilty also themselves. at midnight--image from a night attack of an enemy on a camp, which becomes an easy prey (Exo 12:29-30). without hand--without visible agency, by the mere word of God (so Job 20:26; Zac 4:6; Dan 2:34).”

“In a moment shall they die - That is, the rich and the great. They pass suddenly off the stage of action. They have no power to compel God to favor them, and they have no permanency of existence here which can constitute a claim on his special favor. Soon they will lie undistinguished in the dust. All are in his hand; and when he wills it, they must lie down in the dust together. He exempts none from death; spares none on account of beauty, rank, wealth, talent, or learning, but consigns all indiscriminately to the grave-showing that he is disposed to treat them all alike. This is urged by Elihu as a proof that God has no partiality, but treats all people as being on the same level - and…”

“a moment: Psa 73:19; Isa 30:13, Isa 37:38; Dan 5:30; Luk 12:20; Act 12:23; Th1 5:2; Pe2 2:3 troubled: Exo 12:29, Exo 12:30; Isa 37:36; Mat 25:6; Luk 17:26-29 the mighty shall be taken away: Heb. they shall take away the mighty without: Sa1 25:37-39, Sa1 26:10; Isa 10:16-19, Isa 30:30-33; Dan 2:34, Dan 2:44, Dan 2:45; Zac 4:6 Job 34:21”