Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

Anguish and distress terrify him; they overpower him like a king ready for the battle.

New American Standard Bible

“Distress and anguish terrify him,
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

Trouble and distress terrify him,
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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
צר צר 
Tsar 
Usage: 109

and anguish
מצקה מצוּקה 
M@tsuwqah 
Usage: 7

בּעת 
Ba`ath 
Usage: 16

תּקף 
Taqaph 
Usage: 3

against him, as a king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

עתיד 
`athiyd 
Usage: 5

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Second Response To Job

23 "He is wandering for bread, [saying], 'Where [is it]?' He knows that a day of darkness [is] ready {at hand}. 24 Anguish and distress terrify him; they overpower him like a king ready for the battle. 25 Because he stretched out his hand against God, and he was arrogant to Shaddai;



Cross References

Job 6:2-4

"If only my vexation could be well weighed, and my calamity could be lifted up together [with it] in [the] balances,

Psalm 119:143

Trouble and anguish have found me; your commands delight me.

Proverbs 1:27

When your panic comes like a storm, and your calamity arrives like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you,

Proverbs 6:11

like a {robber} shall your poverty come, and what you lack like an armed man.

Proverbs 24:34

and your poverty will come running, and your lack like an armed warrior.

Isaiah 13:3

I myself I have commanded my consecrated ones, I have also summoned my mighty warriors concerning my anger, the {ones who exalt over} my majesty.

Matthew 26:37-38

And taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be distressed and troubled.

Romans 2:9

[There will be] affliction and distress for every {human being} who does evil, of the Jew first and of the Greek,

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