Job 15:21

In 11 translations

BSB

Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

KJV

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.A dreadful…: Heb. A sound of fears

WEB

A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.

ASV

A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

LSV

A fearful voice [is] in his ears, || In peace a destroyer comes to him.

YLT

A fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.

DBY

The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.

DRC

The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.

GNV

A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.

JPS

A sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

LXXE

And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come.

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WLC

קוֹל־פְּחָדִ֥ים בְּאָזְנָ֑יו בַּ֝שָּׁל֗וֹם שׁוֹדֵ֥ד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃

LXX-Br

Ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ ἐν ὠσὶν αὐτοῦ· ὅταν δοκῇ ἤδη εἰρηνεύειν, ἥξει αὐτοῦ ἡ καταστροφή.

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• Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
• Leviticus 26:36As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword,…
• 1 Corinthians 10:10And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
• Revelation 9:11They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
• Job 20:22–25In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him. When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats. Though he flees from…
• Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
• Job 20:5–7the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary? Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds, he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen…
• Proverbs 1:26–27in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
• Job 27:20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
• Job 1:13–19One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, the Sabeans…
• Psalms 73:18–20Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
• 1 Samuel 25:36–38When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light. In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told…
• Genesis 3:9–10But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?” “I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
• 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to…
• Acts 12:21–23On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people. And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!” Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God,…

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