Job 3:25

For I feared a fear and it meets me, || And what I was afraid of comes to me.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

24For before my food, my sighing comes, || And my roarings [are] poured out as waters.

26I was not safe—nor was I quiet—Nor was I at rest—and trouble comes!”

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Cross References

Job 30:15He has turned terrors against me, || It pursues my abundance as the wind, || And as a thick cloud, || My safety has passed away.

Matthew Henry on Job 3:21-26

20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? 24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. 25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.… Read the whole commentary →

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