Job 15:23
What does Job 15:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 15:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862He is wandering for bread--`Where <FI>is<Fi> it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He wandereth abroad for bread, — where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Context
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.
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