Job 3:25
23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
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 it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Read in contextJob 30:15
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
Read in contextJob 31:23
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
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