Job 3:25

What does Job 3:25 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 3:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For I have a fear and it comes on me, and my heart is greatly troubled.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For the fear which I feared, hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For I feared a fear, and it hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.

Context

v.24For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.

v.25This passage

v.26I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.

Cross references

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

  • 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 renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

  • Job 30:15

    Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.

  • Job 31:23

    For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

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