Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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.

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 "All of the wicked [one's] days he is writhing, even [through] the number of years that are laid up for the tyrant. 21 Sounds of terror [are] in his ears; in prosperity [the] destroyer will come [against] him. 22 {He cannot trust that he will return} from darkness, and he himself is destined for [the] sword.



Cross References

Job 18:11

"Sudden terrors terrify him all around, and they chase him at his heels.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

Whenever they say "Peace and security," then sudden destruction will overtake them like the birth pains of {a pregnant woman}, and they will not possibly escape.

Leviticus 26:36

As for the ones who remain among you, I will bring fearfulness in their hearts in the land of their enemies; and a sound of a windblown leaf shall pursue them, and they shall flee [like] flight {before} a sword, and they shall fall, but there shall not be a pursuer.

Genesis 3:9-10

And Yahweh God called to the man and said to him, "Where [are] you?"

1 Samuel 25:36-38

Then Abigail went to Nabal, and look, {he was holding a feast} in his house like the feast of the king. {Nabal was enjoying himself}, and he [was] very drunk, so she did not tell him a thing, {nothing at all}, until the light of morning.

2 Kings 7:6

Now the Lord had caused the camp of [the] Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, the sound of horses, and the sound of a great army. So they said {to one another}, "Look, the king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us!"

Job 1:13-19

And then [there] was one day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother's house.

Job 20:5-7

that [the] rejoicing of [the] wicked [is] {short}, and the joy of [the] godless {lasts only a moment}?

Job 20:22-25

In the fullness of his excess {he will be in distress}; all of misery's power will come [upon] him.

Job 27:20

Terrors overtake him like the water; a storm wind carries him off [in the] night.

Psalm 73:18-20

Surely you set them on slippery places. You cause them to fall onto ruin.

Psalm 92:7

When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever.

Proverbs 1:26-27

I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic comes [upon] you.

Acts 12:21-23

So on an appointed day Herod, [after] putting on royal clothing and sitting down on the judgment seat, began to deliver a public address to them.

1 Corinthians 10:10

nor grumble, just as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

Revelation 9:11

They have [as] king over them the angel of the abyss, {whose name} in Hebrew [is] Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

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