Devine Scripture

Job 15:21

Job chapter 15 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

Context

v.20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

v.21This passage

v.22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3

    When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

  • 1 Samuel 25:36

    And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

  • Job 18:11

    Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.

  • 2 Kings 7:6

    For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

  • Job 20:22

    In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

  • Job 27:20

    Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.