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Job: My Redeemer Lives

Job 19:29

In 11 translations

BSB
then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
KJV
Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
WEB
be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”
ASV
Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.
LSV
Be afraid because of the sword, || For the punishments of the sword [are] furious, || That you may know that [there is] a judgment.”
YLT
Be ye afraid because of the sword, For furious [are] the punishments of the sword, That ye may know that [there is] a judgment.
DBY
Be ye yourselves afraid of the sword! for the sword is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know there is a judgment.
DRC
Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is judgment.
GNV
Be ye afraide of the sworde: for the sworde will be auenged of wickednesse, that yee may knowe that there is a iudgement.
JPS
Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
LXXE
Do ye also beware of deceit: for wrath will come upon transgressors; and then shall they know where their substance is.

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  • Leningrad Codex reads שַׁדּֽיּן׃ ס; read aloud (Qere) reads שַׁדּֽוּן׃ ס (“that a judgment”).
  • Written (Ketiv): שַׁדִּין׃ ס. Read aloud (Qere): שַׁדּֽוּן׃ ס (“that a judgment”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
גּ֤וּרוּ לָכֶ֨ם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶ֗רֶב כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה עֲוֺנ֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב לְמַ֖עַן תֵּדְע֣וּן שדין׃Read aloud as (qere): שַׁדּֽוּן
LXX-Br
Εὐλαβήθητε δὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀπὸ ἐπικαλύμματος, θυμὸς γὰρ ἐπʼ ἀνόμους ἐπελεύσεται· καὶ τότε γνώσονται, ποῦ ἐστιν αὐτῶν ἡ ὕλη

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  • Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
  • Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to…
  • Psalms 9:7But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
  • Matthew 7:1–2“Do not judge, or you will be judged. For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
  • Psalms 58:10–11The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked. Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the…
  • Job 13:7–11Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him? Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense? Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man? Surely He would…
  • Psalms 1:5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
  • Job 22:4Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
  • Job 15:22He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
  • Romans 13:1–4Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God. Consequently, whoever resists authority is…
  • James 4:11–12Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it. There…

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