Job 6:21

What does Job 6:21 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 6:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Surely now ye have become the same! Ye see a downfall, and are afraid.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Now you are come: and now, seeing my affliction, you are afraid.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.

Context

v.20They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.

v.21This passage

v.22Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?

Cross references

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

  • Revelation 18:17

    for in one hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any whither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,

  • Matthew 26:31

    Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended in me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

  • Isaiah 2:22

    Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?

  • Job 13:4

    But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value.

  • Psalms 38:11

    My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.

  • Proverbs 19:7

    All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, but they are gone.

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