Job 27:22 “It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from it…”

Job 27:22

It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

World English Bible

For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.

American Standard Version

For God shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.

Geneva Bible 1599

And God shall cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.

Darby Translation

And [God] shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

Young's Literal Translation

And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.

Bible in Basic English

God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.

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Cross references

“For God”

Exodus 9:14 Deuteronomy 32:23 Joshua 10:11

Exodus 9:14 · BSB

Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:23 · BSB

I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

Joshua 10:11 · BSB

As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.

“not spare”

Romans 8:32 Deuteronomy 29:20 Ezekiel 9:5 Ezekiel 9:6 2 Peter 2:4 2 Peter 2:5

Romans 8:32 · BSB

He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

Deuteronomy 29:20 · BSB

The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven

Ezekiel 9:5 · BSB

And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!

Ezekiel 9:6 · BSB

Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.

2 Peter 2:4 · BSB

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

2 Peter 2:5 · BSB

if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

“he would fain flee”

Job 20:24 Exodus 14:25–28 Judges 4:17–21 Isaiah 10:3 Amos 2:14 Amos 9:1–3

Job 20:24 · BSB

Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

Exodus 14:25–28 · BSB

He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”

Judges 4:17–21 · BSB

Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

Isaiah 10:3 · BSB

What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

Amos 2:14 · BSB

Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.

Amos 9:1–3 · BSB

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who…

Also

Ezekiel 24:14 Ezekiel 5:11 Job 11:20 Jeremiah 13:14

Ezekiel 24:14 · BSB

I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 5:11 · BSB

Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I…

Job 11:20 · BSB

But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”

Jeremiah 13:14 · BSB

I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”

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

In context

21The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

23It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

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