Job 15:24
22 He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
23 He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.
25 For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
26 rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.
- KJV
- Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
- WEB
- Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
- ASV
- Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
- DARBY
- Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
- BLB
- Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready for the attack.
- ÅB
- Nød og trengsel forferder ham; den overvelder ham, lik en stridsrustet konge,
- OTB
- Nød og angst skremmer ham;
de overmanner ham som en konge klar for kamp, - B1930
- Nød og trengsel forferder ham; den overvelder ham, lik en stridsrustet konge,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 6:11
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Read in contextProverbs 24:34
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Read in contextRomans 2:9
There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
Read in contextJob 6:2–4
“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
Read in contextPsalms 119:143
Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
Read in contextProverbs 1:27
when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
Read in contextIsaiah 13:3
I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
Read in contextMatthew 26:37–38
He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
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