Job 15:24

Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

In Context

23He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

25Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, and behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;

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Cross References

Job 6:2Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether!

Job 19:12His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.

Proverbs 1:27When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress come upon you.

Proverbs 24:34So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man.

Matthew Henry on Job 15:18-35

17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth… Read the whole commentary →

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