Job 15:23
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
KJV
Cum se moverit ad quærendum panem, novit quod paratus sit in manu ejus tenebrarum dies.
Vulgate
κατατέτακται δὲ εἰς σῖτα γυψίν· οἶδεν δὲ ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι μένει εἰς πτῶμα. ἡμέρα δὲ αὐτὸν σκοτινὴ στροβήσει,
LXX
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
ASV
נֹ֘דֵ֤ד ה֣וּא לַ/לֶּ֣חֶם אַיֵּ֑ה יָדַ֓ע כִּֽי נָכ֖וֹן בְּ/יָד֣/וֹ יֽוֹם חֹֽשֶׁךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַיֵּ֖ה
'yh
pronoun · 47×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
נָדְדָ֖ה
nddh
verb · 28×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Amos 5:20 — Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
- Eccl 11:8 — But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
- Job 18:12 — His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
- Ps 37:25 — I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
- Ps 59:15 — Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
- Ps 59:15 — Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
- Ps 109:10 — Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.