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Job 38:23

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

KJV

quæ præparavi in tempus hostis, in diem pugnæ et belli ?

Vulgate

ἀπόκειται δέ σοι εἰς ὥραν ἐχθρῶν, εἰς ἡμέραν πολέμων καὶ μάχης;

LXX

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?

ASV

אֲשֶׁר חָשַׂ֥כְתִּי לְ/עֶת צָ֑ר לְ/י֥וֹם קְ֝רָ֗ב וּ/מִלְחָמָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
ו
v
verb · 107×
חָשַׂ֣ךְ
chshk
verb · 27×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
עֵ֣ת
't
verb · 293×
קְרָֽב
qrb
noun · 9×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Exod 9:18 — Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
  • Exod 9:24 — So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
  • Ezek 13:11 — Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
  • Isa 30:30 — And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and te
  • Job 36:13 — But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
  • Job 36:31 — For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
  • Josh 10:11 — And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more whi
  • Matt 7:27 — And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
  • Rev 16:21 — And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.