Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
King James Version
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Holman Bible
overwhelming him like a king prepared for battle.
International Standard Version
Distress and pressure terrify him; they overwhelm him, like a king poised for attack.
A Conservative Version
Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.
American Standard Version
Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Amplified
“Distress and anxiety terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for battle.
Bible in Basic English
He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:
Darby Translation
Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
Julia Smith Translation
Straitness and distress shall terrify him; they shall overpower him as a king ready for war.
King James 2000
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready for battle.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Anguish and distress terrify him; they overpower him like a king ready for the battle.
Modern King James verseion
Trouble and pain shall terrify him; they shall overpower him, as a king ready for the battle;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Sorrow and carefulness make him afraid, and compass him round about, like as it where a king with his host ready to the battle.
NET Bible
Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,
New Heart English Bible
Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
The Emphasized Bible
Distress and anguish shall startle him, It shall overpower him, like a king ready for the onset:
Webster
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
World English Bible
Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Youngs Literal Translation
Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.
Themes
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Produce slavish fear
unholy Fear » Described as » Overwhelming
unholy Fear » Seizes the wicked
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 15:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Second Response To Job
23
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is prepared for him.
24
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 6:2-4
Oh that my grief and calamity were justly weighed and laid equally in the balances!
Psalm 119:143
Trouble and anguish found me; but thy commandments were my delights.
Proverbs 1:27
when what you have feared comes as destruction, and your calamity comes as a whirlwind; when tribulation and anguish come upon you.
Proverbs 6:11
So shall thy poverty come as one that travels and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 24:34
So shall thy poverty come as one that travels and thy want as an armed man.
Isaiah 13:3
I have commanded my sanctified ones; I have also called my mighty ones for my anger that they might rejoice with my glory.
Matthew 26:37-38
And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
Romans 2:9
Tribulation and anguish shall be upon every human soul that does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek;