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 · 2000For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For 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 · 1901For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For I have a fear and it comes on me, and my heart is greatly troubled.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For the fear which I feared, hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For I feared a fear, and it hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.
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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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