Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God
Job 15:22
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
- KJV
- He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
- WEB
- He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
- ASV
- He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.
- LSV
- He does not believe to return from darkness, || And he watches for the sword.
- YLT
- He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched [is] he for the sword.
- DBY
- He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
- DRC
- He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
- GNV
- He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
- JPS
- He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
- LXXE
- Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads וְצָפ֖וּ; read aloud (Qere) reads וְצָפ֖וּי (“and [is] watched”).
- Written (Ketiv): וְצָפוּ. Read aloud (Qere): וְצָפ֖וּי (“and [is] watched”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- לֹא־יַאֲמִ֣ין שׁ֭וּב מִנִּי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וצפו ה֣וּא אֱלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃Read aloud as (qere): וְצָפ֖וּי
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ πιστευέτω ἀποστραφῆναι ἀπὸ σκότους, ἐντέταλται γὰρ ἤδη εἰς χεῖρας σιδήρου,
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Cross-references most cited first
- Job 20:24–25Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him. It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
- 2 Kings 6:33While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
- Job 6:11What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
- Job 19:29then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
- Job 27:14Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
- Job 9:16If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
- Isaiah 8:21–22They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God. Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and…
- Matthew 27:5So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
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