Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

A Conservative Version

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

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 before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters are my roarings. 25 For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me. 26 I was not safe -- nor was I quiet -- Nor was I at rest -- and trouble cometh!


Cross References

Job 1:5

and it cometh to pass, when they have gone round the days of the banquet, that Job doth send and sanctify them, and hath risen early in the morning, and caused to ascend burnt-offerings -- the number of them all -- for Job said, 'Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed God in their heart.' Thus doth Job all the days.

Job 30:15

He hath turned against me terrors, It pursueth as the wind mine abundance, And as a thick cloud, Hath my safety passed away.

Job 31:23

For a dread unto me is calamity from God, And because of His excellency I am not able.

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