Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

For the thing which I fear comes upon me, and that which I am afraid of comes to me.

New American Standard Bible

“For what I fear comes upon me,
And what I dread befalls me.

King James Version

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

Holman Bible

For the thing I feared has overtaken me,
and what I dreaded has happened to me.

International Standard Version

For the dreaded thing that I feared has happened to me, what caused me to worry has engulfed me.

American Standard Version

For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

Amplified


“For the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me,
And that of which I am afraid has come upon me.

Bible in Basic English

For I have a fear and it comes on me, and my heart is greatly troubled.

Darby Translation

For I feared a fear, and it hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.

Julia Smith Translation

For I feared a fear, and it will come upon me, and what I was afraid of will come to me.

King James 2000

For the thing which I greatly feared has come upon me, and that which I was afraid of has come unto me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

because the dread that I {feel} has come upon me, and what I feared befalls me.

Modern King James verseion

For the thing which I greatly feared has come upon me, and that which I was afraid of has come to me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For the thing that I feared is come upon me: and the thing that I was afraid of, is happened unto me.

NET Bible

For the very thing I dreaded has happened to me, and what I feared has come upon me.

New Heart English Bible

For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me.

The Emphasized Bible

For, a dread, I dreaded, and it hath come upon me, and, that from which I shrank, hath overtaken me.

Webster

For the thing which I greatly feared hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.

World English Bible

For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me.

Youngs Literal Translation

For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּחד 
Pachad 
Usage: 49

פּחד 
Pachad 
Usage: 25

is come
אתא אתה 
'athah 
Usage: 21

upon me, and that which I was afraid
יגר 
Yagor 
Usage: 5

of is come

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

Images Job 3:25

Context Readings

Job Wishes He Might Die

24 For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like water. 25 For the thing which I fear comes upon me, and that which I am afraid of comes to me. 26 I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, neither have I rest, but trouble comes.

Cross References

Job 1:5

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were completed, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, It may be that my so

Job 30:15

Terrors are turned upon me. They chase my honor as the wind, and my welfare is passed away as a cloud.

Job 31:23

For calamity from God is a terror to me, and I can do nothing because of his majesty.

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