Job 15:24 “Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised…”

Job 15:24

Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

American Standard Version

Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

Geneva Bible 1599

Affliction and anguish shall make him afraide: they shall preuaile against him as a King readie to the battell.

Darby Translation

Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.

Young's Literal Translation

Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.

Bible in Basic English

He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:

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Cross references

“anguish”

Job 6:2–4 Psalm 119:143 Proverbs 1:27 Isaiah 13:3 Romans 2:9 Matthew 26:37

Job 6:2–4 · BSB

“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.

Psalm 119:143 · BSB

Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.

Proverbs 1:27 · BSB

when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.

Isaiah 13:3 · BSB

I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.

Romans 2:9 · BSB

There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

Matthew 26:37 · BSB

He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

“as a king”

Proverbs 6:11 Proverbs 24:34

Proverbs 6:11 · BSB

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

Proverbs 24:34 · BSB

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,

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