Devine Scripture

Job 15:23

Job chapter 15 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Context

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

v.23This passage

v.24Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

Cross references

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

  • Hebrews 10:27

    but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.

  • Psalms 59:15

    They shall wander up and down for food, And tarry all night if they be not satisfied.

  • Job 18:12

    His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.

  • Genesis 4:12

    when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.

  • Psalms 109:10

    Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

  • Lamentations 5:9

    We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.