John Trapp on Job 36:20

Verſe 20. Deſire not the night, &c] That is, as ſome ſenſe it, do not thou peeviſhly deſire death (ſee chap. 7.15.) leſt it comes too ſoon, and it do by thee, as it doth by many an one, whom it cuts off in judgement. For ſurely in the ſtate thou art now in, thou oughteſt to fear an extraordinary kind of death, an inlet to eternal deſtruction, as in the Deluge, Sodom and Egypt. Others render it thus, Neither let it diſquiet thee in the night, how people are deſtroyed out of their place; that is, in the night ſeaſon,Vatabl. when thy mind is void of cares, puzzle not thy ſelf how and why ſome Nations periſh, and not others, but rather reſt thy ſelfe upon Gods providence and unſearchable wiſdome,Beza. and trouble not thy head in ſearching out the cauſe of this ſo ſudden misfortune. Brentius makes this the ſenſe, Noli impiè agere; Deſire not the night; that is, Deal not wickedly by complaining againſt God, and impatiently bearing his hand; as Theeves and Adulterers deſire the night for diſpatch of their deeds of darkneſs. Think not thou to hide thy ſelf in the dark from the dint of Gods diſpleaſure.

When people are cut off in their place] Heb. Aſcend under them: i.e. Riſe, that they may fall, Pſal. 102.10. as the light of a candle when it is ready to go out, flieth up, and then vaniſheth away: Or as the corn is firſt taken up by the hand of the Reaper, and then cut off, and laid flat on the ground.