Job 19:29 “then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punish…”

Job 19:29

then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

World English Bible

be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”

American Standard Version

Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.

Geneva Bible 1599

Be ye afraide of the sworde: for the sworde will be auenged of wickednesse, that yee may knowe that there is a iudgement.

Darby Translation

Be ye yourselves afraid of the sword! for the sword is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Young's Literal Translation

Be ye afraid because of the sword, For furious [are] the punishments of the sword, That ye may know that [there is] a judgment.

Bible in Basic English

Be in fear of the sword, for the sword is the punishment for such things, so that you may be certain that there is a judge.

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Cross references

“ye afraid”

Job 13:7–11 Romans 13:1–4

Job 13:7–11 · BSB

Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?

Romans 13:1–4 · BSB

Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.

“that ye may”

Ecclesiastes 11:9 Psalm 58:10 Psalm 58:11 Matthew 7:1 Matthew 7:2 James 4:11

Ecclesiastes 11:9 · BSB

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judg…

Psalm 58:10 · BSB

The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psalm 58:11 · BSB

Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

Matthew 7:1 · BSB

“Do not judge, or you will be judged.

Matthew 7:2 · BSB

For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

James 4:11 · BSB

Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.

Also

Ecclesiastes 12:14 Psalm 9:7 Psalm 1:5 Job 22:4 Job 15:22

Ecclesiastes 12:14 · BSB

For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

Psalm 9:7 · BSB

But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.

Psalm 1:5 · BSB

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

Job 22:4 · BSB

Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?

Job 15:22 · BSB

He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

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

In context

28If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him, ’

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