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Job 28:22

Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.

KJV

Perditio et mors dixerunt : Auribus nostris audivimus famam ejus.

Vulgate

ἡ ἀπώλεια καὶ ὁ θάνατος εἶπαν Ἀκηκόαμεν δὲ αὐτῆς τὸ κλέος.

LXX

Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.

ASV

אֲבַדּ֣וֹן וָ֭/מָוֶת אָ֣מְר֑וּ בְּ֝/אָזְנֵ֗י/נוּ שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ שִׁמְעָֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲבַדּֽוֹן
'bdvn
proper_noun · 5×
אָזְנֵ֣י
'zny
noun · 188×
וֹ
v
noun · 157×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
שֵׁ֣מַע
shm'
noun · 18×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Job 26:6 — Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
  • Job 26:6 — Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
  • Job 28:14 — The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
  • Job 42:5 — I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
  • Ps 83:10 — Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.