Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 36:20

"Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place." — Job 36:20 (ASV)

Desire not the night — that is, of death, as Job had done (Job 16:22; Job 17:13, and other similar passages, Job 19:27), or as, in any case, his words might be understood. For “people,” read peoples: that is, nations.