Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword;

New American Standard Bible

“He does not believe that he will return from darkness,
And he is destined for the sword.

King James Version

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

Holman Bible

He doesn’t believe he will return from darkness;
he is destined for the sword.

International Standard Version

He does not believe he will escape darkness; he is destined for the sword.

A Conservative Version

He does not believe that he shall return out of darkness. And he is awaited by the sword.

American Standard Version

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.

Amplified


“He does not believe that he will return out of the darkness [for fear of being murdered],
And he is destined for the sword [of God’s vengeance].

Bible in Basic English

He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;

Darby Translation

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.

Julia Smith Translation

He will not believe to turn back from darkness, and he was waited for by the sword.

King James 2000

He believes not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for by the sword.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{He cannot trust that he will return} from darkness, and he himself is destined for [the] sword.

Modern King James verseion

He does not believe in a return from darkness, but he is awaited by the sword.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He believeth never to be delivered out of darkness; the sword is always before his eyes.

NET Bible

He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword;

New Heart English Bible

He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.

Webster

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for by the sword.

World English Bible

He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.

Youngs Literal Translation

He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched is he for the sword.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
not that he shall return
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

חשׁך 
Choshek 
Usage: 78

and he is waited
צפה 
Tsaphah 
Usage: 36

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Second Response To Job

21 A noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him; 22 He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword; 23 A wanderer, he, for bread, saying Where is it ? He knoweth that, prepared by his own hand, is the day of darkness;



Cross References

2 Kings 6:33

While yet he was speaking with them, lo! the messenger, coming down unto him, - and he said, - Lo! this, is a calamity from Yahweh, why should I wait for Yahweh, any longer?

Job 6:11

What is my strength, that I should hope? Or what mine end, that I should prolong my desire?

Job 9:16

Though I had called, and he had answered me, I could not believe, that he would lend an ear to my voice.

Job 19:29

Be ye afraid - on your part - of the face of the sword, because, wrath, bringeth the punishments of the sword, to the end ye may know the Almighty.

Job 20:24-25

He shall flee from the armour of iron, - There shall pierce him, a bow of bronze!

Job 27:14

If his children be multiplied, for them, there is the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled with bread;

Isaiah 8:21-22

Therefore shall they pass through it hard pressed and hungry, - And it shall be when they hunger, then will they rage and revile their king and their god and turn their faces upwards;

Matthew 27:5

And, throwing the pieces of silver into the Temple, he withdrew, and, going away, hanged himself.

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