Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Sounds of terror are in his ears;
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.

King James Version

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

Holman Bible

Dreadful sounds fill his ears;
when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.

International Standard Version

Terrifying sounds ring in his ears; when times are prosperous, the Destroyer will attack him.

A Conservative Version

A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

American Standard Version

A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

Amplified


“A [dreadful] sound of terrors is in his ears;
While at peace and in a time of prosperity the destroyer comes upon him [the tent of the robber is not at peace].

Bible in Basic English

A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:

Darby Translation

The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.

Julia Smith Translation

The voice of fears in his ears: in peace he destroying shall come upon him.

King James 2000

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Sounds of terror [are] in his ears; in prosperity [the] destroyer will come [against] him.

Modern King James verseion

A dreadful sound of things is in his ears; the destroyer shall come to him in peace.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A fearful sound is ever in his ears, and when it is peace yet feareth he destruction.

NET Bible

Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.

New Heart English Bible

A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.

The Emphasized Bible

A noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him;

Webster

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

World English Bible

A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.

Youngs Literal Translation

A fearful voice is in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּחד 
Pachad 
Usage: 49

קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

is in his ears
אזן 
'ozen 
Usage: 187

שׁלם שׁלום 
Shalowm 
Usage: 236

the destroyer
שׁדד 
Shadad 
Usage: 57


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Second Response To Job

20 The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless. 21 Sounds of terror are in his ears;
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will return out of darkness, and he is marked for the sword.

Cross References

Job 18:11

Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Leviticus 26:36

And as for those of you who are left, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues.

Genesis 3:9-10

But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"

1 Samuel 25:36-38

And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until the morning light.

2 Kings 7:6

For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians hear the sound of chariots and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us."

Job 1:13-19

Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,

Job 20:5-7

that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?

Job 20:22-25

In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress; the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.

Job 27:20

Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off.

Psalm 73:18-20

Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.

Psalm 92:7

that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever;

Proverbs 1:26-27

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you,

Acts 12:21-23

On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them.

1 Corinthians 10:10

nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer.

Revelation 9:11

They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.

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