Job 19:29

What does Job 19:29 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 19:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrathbringeththe punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrathbringeththe punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Be in fear of the sword, for the sword is the punishment for such things, so that you may be certain that there is a judge.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Be ye afraid because of the sword, For furious <FI>are<Fi> the punishments of the sword, That ye may know that <FI>there is<Fi> a judgment.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is a judgment.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Be ye yourselves afraid of the sword! for the sword is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Context

v.28If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;

v.29This passage

Cross references

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

  • Job 15:22

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

  • Job 13:7

    Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?

  • Job 22:4

    Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?

  • Matthew 7:1

    Judge not, that ye be not judged.

  • Psalms 9:7

    But Jehovah sitteth as king for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;

  • Psalms 1:5

    Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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