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Job 3:25

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

KJV

quia timor quem timebam evenit mihi, et quod verebar accidit.

Vulgate

φόβος γὰρ ὃν ἐφρόντισα ἦλθέν μοι, καὶ ὃν ἐδεδοίκειν, συνήντησέν μοι.

LXX

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

ASV

כִּ֤י פַ֣חַד פָּ֭חַדְתִּי וַ/יֶּאֱתָיֵ֑/נִי וַ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָ֝גֹ֗רְתִּי יָ֣בֹא לִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֹתִיּ֣וֹת
'tyvt
verb · 21×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
יָגֹ֗רְתִּי
ygrty
verb · 5×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
פָֽחַדְתָּ֙
pchdt
verb · 25×
פַּ֣חַד
pchd
noun · 49×

Historic Christian voices

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

2. But do thou consider, I pray you, who they are that hear these injunctions, so hard and laborious: the timid and ignorant; the unlettered and uninstructed; such as are in every respect obscure, who have never been trained up in the Gentile laws, who do not readily present themselves in the public places; the fishermen, the publicans, men full of innumerable deficiencies. For…

Cross-references

  • Ezek 11:8 — Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Isa 38:17 — Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
  • Job 1:5 — And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: fo
  • Job 9:28 — I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
  • Job 30:15 — Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
  • Job 30:26 — When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
  • Job 31:23 — For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
  • Prov 10:24 — The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.