Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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.

The Emphasized Bible

He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft 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 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. 23 "He is wandering for bread, [saying], 'Where [is it]?' He knows that a day of darkness [is] ready {at hand}.

Cross References

2 Kings 6:33

While he [was] still speaking with them, suddenly the messenger [was] coming down to him, and he said, "Look this trouble [is] from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?"

Job 6:11

What [is] my strength, that I should wait? And what [is] my end, that {I should hold out}?

Job 9:16

If I summon [him], and he should answer me, I do not believe that he will listen to my voice--

Job 19:29

be afraid for yourselves {because of the sword}, for wrath [brings] punishment by [the] sword, so that you may know that [there is] judgment."

Job 20:24-25

"He will flee from an iron weapon, [but] an arrow of bronze will pierce him.

Job 27:14

If their children multiply, [it is] for [the] sword, and his offspring {do not have enough to eat}.

Isaiah 8:21-22

And it will pass through it distressed and hungry, and this shall happen: when it is hungry, it will be enraged, and it will curse its king and its gods, and it will face upwar

Matthew 27:5

And throwing the silver coins into the temple he departed. And he went away [and] hanged himself.

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