Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
The voice of fears in his ears: in peace he destroying shall come upon him.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Holman Bible
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.
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.
Themes
unholy Fear » Described as » Overwhelming
Happiness » Of the wicked » Often interrupted by judgments
Happiness of the The Wicked » Often interrupted by judgments
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 15:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Second Response To Job
20 All the days the unjust one himself being pained, and numbering the years they were hidden to him terrifying. 21 The voice of fears in his ears: in peace he destroying shall come upon him. 22 He will not believe to turn back from darkness, and he was waited for by the sword.
Names
Cross References
Job 18:11
Terrors made him afraid round about, and scattered him to his feet.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
For when they say, Peace and security; then sudden ruin is upon them, as anguish in her with child; and they may not escape.
Leviticus 26:36
And they remaining of you, and I brought timidity into their heart in the land of their enemies; and the voice of a driven leaf pursued them, and they fled, fleeing the sword; and they fell, and none pursued.
Genesis 3:9-10
And Jehovah God will call to the man, and will say to him, Where art thou?
1 Samuel 25:36-38
And Abigail will go to Nabal; and behold, to him a drinking in his house as the drinking of a king; and Nabal's heart good with him, and he was intoxicated even greatly; and she announced not to him a word small and great till the light of the morning.
2 Kings 7:6
And Jehovah caused the camp of Aram to hear a voice of chariot and a voice of horse, a voice of great strength: and they will say a man to his brother, Behold, the king of Israel hired the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come upon us.
Job 1:13-19
And the day will be and his sons and daughters will be eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the first-born:
Job 20:5-7
For the rejoicing of the unjust drawing near, and the gladness of the profane even for a moment
Job 20:22-25
In the fulness of his abundance it shall be pressed to him: every laboring hand shall come to him.
Job 27:20
Terrors shall hedge him about as waters, the night a tempest stole him away.
Psalm 73:18-20
Surely in slippery places thou wilt set them, to cast them down into ruins.
Psalm 92:7
In the putting forth of the unjust as grass, and all working iniquity shall flourish; to destroy them even to forever:
Proverbs 1:26-27
Also I will laugh at your ruin: I will deride in the coming of your terror;
Acts 12:21-23
And upon a fixed day, Herod, having put on royal apparel, and having sat upon the judgment seat, harangued them.
1 Corinthians 10:10
Neither do ye murmur, as also some of them murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
Revelation 9:11
And they have a king over them, the angel of the abyss, the name to him in Hebrew Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.