Job 18:11 “Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.”

Job 18:11

Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

World English Bible

Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.

American Standard Version

Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.

Geneva Bible 1599

Fearefulnesse shall make him afrayde on euery side, and shall driue him to his feete.

Darby Translation

Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps.

Young's Literal Translation

Round about terrified him have terrors, And they have scattered him — at his feet.

Bible in Basic English

He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.

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Cross references

“Terrors”

Job 15:21 Jeremiah 6:25 Job 20:25 Jeremiah 46:5 Jeremiah 49:29 Job 6:4

Job 15:21 · BSB

Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

Jeremiah 6:25 · BSB

Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

Job 20:25 · BSB

It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

Jeremiah 46:5 · BSB

Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 49:29 · BSB

They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’

Job 6:4 · BSB

For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

“to his feet”

Leviticus 26:36 Psalm 53:5 Proverbs 28:1 2 Kings 7:6 2 Kings 7:7

Leviticus 26:36 · BSB

As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and…

Psalm 53:5 · BSB

There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.

Proverbs 28:1 · BSB

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

2 Kings 7:6 · BSB

For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack…

2 Kings 7:7 · BSB

Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.

Also

Job 20:8

Job 20:8 · BSB

He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

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

In context

10A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

12His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

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