Job 3:25

For, a dread, I dreaded, and it hath come upon me, and, that from which I shrank, hath overtaken me.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, in the face of my food, my sighing, cometh in, and, poured out like the water, are my groans:

26I was not careless, nor was I secure, nor had I settled down,—when there came—consternation!

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Cross References

Job 30:15There are turned upon me terrors,—Chased away as with a wind, is mine abundance, and, as a cloud, hath passed away my prosperity.

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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