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Job 15:21

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

KJV

Sonitus terroris semper in auribus illius : et cum pax sit, ille semper insidias suspicatur.

Vulgate

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

LXX

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

ASV

קוֹל פְּחָדִ֥ים בְּ/אָזְנָ֑י/ו בַּ֝/שָּׁל֗וֹם שׁוֹדֵ֥ד יְבוֹאֶֽ/נּוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָזְנֵ֣י
'zny
noun · 188×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
פַּ֣חַד
pchd
noun · 49×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
שָׁלֽוֹם
shlvm
noun · 235×
שֻׁדַּ֖ד
shdd
verb · 58×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:10 — Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
  • 1John 4:18 — There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
  • 1Sam 25:36 — And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or
  • 1Sam 28:5 — And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
  • 1Thess 5:3 — For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
  • 2Chr 14:14 — And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
  • 2Kgs 7:6 — For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired agains
  • Gen 3:9 — And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
  • Gen 50:15 — And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
  • Isa 37:7 — Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
  • Job 1:13 — And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
  • Job 18:11 — Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
  • Job 18:11 — Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
  • Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
  • Job 20:22 — In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
  • Job 20:25 — It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
  • Job 27:20 — Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
  • Job 27:20 — Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
  • Lev 26:36 — And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from
  • Lev 26:36 — And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from
  • Prov 1:26 — I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
  • Prov 10:24 — The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
  • Ps 73:18 — Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
  • Ps 73:19 — How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
  • Ps 92:7 — When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
  • Rev 9:11 — And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.