Job 3:25

In 11 translations

BSB

For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

KJV

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.the thing…: Heb. I feared a fear, and it came upon me

WEB

For the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am afraid of comes to me.

ASV

For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

LSV

For I feared a fear and it meets me, || And what I was afraid of comes to me.

YLT

For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.

DBY

For I feared a fear, and it hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.

DRC

For the fear which I feared hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.

GNV

For the thing I feared, is come vpon me, and the thing that I was afraid of, is come vnto me.

JPS

For the thing which I did fear is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of hath overtaken me.

LXXE

For the terror of which I meditated has come upon me, and that which I had feared has befallen me.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֤י פַ֣חַד פָּ֭חַדְתִּי וַיֶּאֱתָיֵ֑נִי וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָ֝גֹ֗רְתִּי יָ֣בֹא לִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Φόβος γὰρ ὃν ἐφρόντισα ἦλθέ μοι, καὶ ὃν ἐδεδοίκειν, συνήντησέν μοι.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 1:5And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and…
• Job 30:15Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
• Job 31:23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

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