Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

New American Standard Bible

Terrors are turned against me;
They pursue my honor as the wind,
And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

King James Version

Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

Holman Bible

Terrors are turned loose against me;
they chase my dignity away like the wind,
and my prosperity has passed by like a cloud.

International Standard Version

My greatest fears have overcome me; my honor is assaulted as though by a wind storm; my prosperity evaporates like a morning cloud."

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.

Amplified


“Terrors are turned upon me;
They chase away my honor and reputation like the wind,
And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

Bible in Basic English

Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being like a cloud.

Darby Translation

Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud.

Julia Smith Translation

Terror turned upon me, it will pursue my willingness as the wind, and my salvation passed away as a cloud.

King James 2000

Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my honor as the wind: and my welfare passes away as a cloud.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Terrors are turned upon me; my honor is pursued as [by] the wind, and my hope of deliverance passed by like a cloud.

Modern King James verseion

Terrors have turned on me; they pursue my soul like the wind; and my good passes away like a cloud.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Fearfulness is turned against me. Mine honour vanisheth away more swiftly than wind, and my prosperity departeth hence like as it were a cloud.

NET Bible

Terrors are turned loose on me; they drive away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.

New Heart English Bible

Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud.

The Emphasized Bible

There are turned upon me terrors, - Chased away as with a wind, is mine abundance, and, as a cloud, hath passed away my prosperity.

Webster

Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

World English Bible

Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּלּהה 
Ballahah 
Usage: 10

my soul
נדיבה 
N@diybah 
Usage: 2

as the wind
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

and my welfare
ישׁוּעה 
Y@shuw`ah 
Usage: 78

עבר 
`abar 
over, pass, through, pass by, go, away, pass on,
Usage: 557

References

Easton

Fausets

Smith

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense Continued

14 As a wide breach they come, Under the desolation have rolled themselves. 15 He hath turned against me terrors, It pursueth as the wind mine abundance, And as a thick cloud, Hath my safety passed away. 16 And now, in me my soul poureth itself out, Seize me do days of affliction.


Cross References

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning, And as dew, rising early, going away, As chaff tossed about out of a floor, And as smoke out of a window.

Isaiah 44:22

I have blotted out, as by a thick cloud, Thy transgressions, And as by a cloud thy sins, Return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.

Job 3:25

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

Job 6:4

For arrows of the Mighty are with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves for me!

Job 7:9

Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.

Job 7:14

And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,

Job 9:27-28

Though I say, 'I forget my talking, I forsake my corner, and I brighten up!'

Job 10:16

And it riseth -- as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back -- Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me.

Job 31:23

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

Psalm 55:4-5

My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.

Psalm 88:15

I am afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.

Hosea 6:4

What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness is as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early -- going.

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