Job 3:25
23 Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
24 I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
26 I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
- KJV
- For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
- WEB
- For the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am afraid of comes to me.
- ASV
- For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.
- DARBY
- For I feared a fear, and it hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.
- BLB
- For the dreadful thing I dreaded, and it has met me, and that which I had feared has come to me.
- ÅB
- For alt det fryktelige jeg reddes for, det rammer meg, og det jeg gruer for, det kommer over meg.
- OTB
- For det jeg fryktet har kommet over meg,
og det jeg gruet meg for har overmannet meg. - B1930
- For alt det fryktelige jeg reddes for, det rammer mig, og det jeg gruer for, det kommer over mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 1:5
And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
Read in contextJob 30:15
Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
Read in contextJob 31:23
For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
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