Job 21:6 “When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.”

Job 21:6

When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

World English Bible

When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.

American Standard Version

Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.

Geneva Bible 1599

Euen when I remember, I am afrayde, and feare taketh hold on my flesh.

Darby Translation

Even when I think [thereon], I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh.

Young's Literal Translation

Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.

Bible in Basic English

At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear.

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Cross references

“Even when”

Psalm 77:3 Psalm 88:15 Psalm 119:120 Habakkuk 3:16 Lamentations 3:19 Lamentations 3:20

Psalm 77:3 · BSB

I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah

Psalm 88:15 · BSB

From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.

Psalm 119:120 · BSB

My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

Habakkuk 3:16 · BSB

I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.

Lamentations 3:19 · BSB

Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

Lamentations 3:20 · BSB

Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.

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

In context

5Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.

7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

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