Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.

King James Version

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Holman Bible

He wanders about for food, saying, “Where is it?”
He knows the day of darkness is at hand.

International Standard Version

He wanders around for food where is it? He knows that a time of darkness is near.

A Conservative Version

He wanders abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

American Standard Version

He wandereth abroad for bread,'saying , Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Amplified


“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already at hand.

Bible in Basic English

He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:

Darby Translation

He wandereth abroad for bread, where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Julia Smith Translation

He wandered about for bread, where he knew that the day of darkness was ready at his hand.

King James 2000

He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"He is wandering for bread, [saying], 'Where [is it]?' He knows that a day of darkness [is] ready {at hand}.

Modern King James verseion

He wanders for bread, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at hand.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When he goeth forth to get his living, he thinketh plainly, that the day of darkness is at hand.

NET Bible

he wanders about -- food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.

New Heart English Bible

He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

The Emphasized Bible

A wanderer, he, for bread, saying Where is it ? He knoweth that, prepared by his own hand, is the day of darkness;

Webster

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

World English Bible

He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Youngs Literal Translation

He is wandering for bread -- 'Where is it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נדד 
Nadad 
Usage: 28

that the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

חשׁך 
Choshek 
Usage: 78

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Second Response To Job

22 He despairs of escaping the darkness; he is marked for the sword. 23 “He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.
24 Distress and anguish fill him with terror. They overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack.

Cross References

Psalm 59:15

They wander around to find food. If they are not full enough, they will stay all night.

Psalm 109:10

Let his children wander around and beg. Let them seek help far from their ruined homes.

Job 18:12

Calamity hungers for him and disaster catch him when he falls.

Genesis 4:12

When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer (vagabond) on the earth.

Job 18:5-6

The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out. The flame of his fire shall not shine.

Job 18:18

He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

Job 30:3-4

Shriveled up from need and hunger, they gnaw at the dry and barren ground during the night.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

If a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness for they will be many. All that comes is vanity.

Lamentations 5:6

We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread.

Lamentations 5:9

We risk our lives to get food, because of the sword of the wasteland.

Joel 2:2

It is a day of darkness and gloom! It is a day of clouds and thick darkness! The dawn spreads upon the mountains. This great and mighty people have never seen anything like this. Nor will it be like this again even to the years of many generations.

Amos 5:20

Will the day of Jehovah be darkness with no light? Will it be very dark, and no brightness in it?

Zephaniah 1:15

That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish. That day will be a day of trouble, devastation and desolation! It will be a day of darkness and gloom. Indeed that day will be a day of clouds and overcast skies.

Hebrews 10:27

But there remains a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fiery indignation, which will devour God's enemies.

Hebrews 11:37-38

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword; they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented.

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