God’s Word Translation
Job 15:21
21Terrifying sounds are in his ears. While he enjoys peace, the destroyer comes to him.
Job 15:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
- New International Version (NIV)Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Dreadful sounds are in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Dreadful sounds are in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.
Context of Job 15:21
19(The land was given to them alone, and no stranger passed through their land.) 20“The wicked person is tortured all his days. Only a few years are reserved for the ruthless person. Terrifying sounds are in his ears. While he enjoys peace, the destroyer comes to him. 22He doesn’t believe he’ll return from the dark. He is destined ⌞to be killed⌟ with a sword. 23He wanders around for food and asks, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that his ruin is close at hand.
Read all of Job 15Job 15:21 word by word
קוֹל־פְּחָדִ֥ים בְּאָזְנָ֑יו בַּ֝שָּׁל֗וֹם שׁוֹדֵ֥ד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 15:21
- Job 18:11“Terrors suddenly pounce on him from every side and chase him every step he takes.
- Genesis 3:9The Lord God called to the man and asked him, “Where are you?”
- Leviticus 26:36I will fill with despair those who are left in the land of their enemies. The sound of a windblown leaf will make them run. They will run away and fall, but no one will be chasing them.
- 2 Kings 7:6(The Lord had made the Aramean army hear what sounded like chariots, horses, and a large army. The Aramean soldiers said to one another, “The king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!”
- Proverbs 1:26I will laugh at your calamity. I will make fun of you when panic strikes you,
- Job 1:13One day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s home,
- Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked is short-lived, and the joy of the godless person lasts only a moment?
- 1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail came to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his home. It was like a king’s banquet. He was in a good mood and very drunk, so she didn’t tell him anything until dawn.
- Psalms 73:18You put them in slippery places and make them fall into ruin.
- Psalms 92:7that wicked people sprout like grass and all troublemakers blossom ⌞like flowers⌟, only to be destroyed forever.
- Acts 12:21The appointed day came. Herod, wearing his royal clothes, sat on his throne and began making a speech to them.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3When people say, “Everything is safe and sound!” destruction will suddenly strike them. It will be as sudden as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They won’t be able to escape.
- 1 Corinthians 10:10Don’t complain as some of them did. The angel of death destroyed them.
- Revelation 9:11The king who ruled them was the angel from the bottomless pit. In Hebrew he is called Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.
Commentaries on Job 15:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21A dreadful sound is in his ears - If he be an oppressor or tyrant, he can have no rest: he is full of suspicions that the cruelties he has exercised on others shall be one day exercised on himself; for even in his prosperity he may expect the destroyer to rush upon him.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21A dreadful sound is in his ears - Margin, “A sound of fears.” He hears sudden, frightful sounds, and is alarmed. Or when he thinks himself safe, he is suddenly surprised. The enemy steals upon him, and in his fancied security he dies. This sentiment might be illustrated at almost any length by the mode of savage warfare in America, and by the sudden attacks which the American savage makes, in the silence of the night, on his unsuspecting foes. The Chaldee…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-35Verses 17-35 Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable: whence he would infer, that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore Job was so. But because many of God's people have prospered in this world, it does not therefore follow that those who are crossed and made poor, as Job, are not God's people. Eliphaz shows also that wicked people, particularly oppressors, are subject to continual terror, live very uncomfortably, and perish…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21Eliphaz spoke about the fear that evil people feel, and Job had similar experiences (3:25; 6:4; 9:34; 13:11, 21; 23:15; 27:20; 30:15). Bildad and Zophar warned of more fear to come (18:11,14; 20:25). The Sabeans and Chaldeans were examples of "destroyers" (1:13–17). But this could mean any destructive force (1:18–19). A destroyer might be an agent of Satan or divine agents that punish evil (1 Corinthians 10:10; Revelation 9:11; Exodus 12:23; 2 Samuel…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. An evil conscience conceives alarm at every sudden sound, though it be in a time of peace ("prosperity"), when there is no real danger (Le 26:36; Pr 28:1; 2Ki 7:6).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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