Job 15:24

Job 15:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
• New International Version (NIV)Distress and anguish fill him with terror; troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
• English Standard Version (ESV)distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him, like a king ready for battle.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Trouble and anguish make him afraid; They overpower him, like a king ready for battle.

Context of Job 15:24

22They dare not go out into the darkness for fear they will be murdered. 23They wander around, saying, ‘Where can I find bread?’ They know their day of destruction is near. That dark day terrifies them. They live in distress and anguish, like a king preparing for battle. 25For they shake their fists at God, defying the Almighty. 26Holding their strong shields, they defiantly charge against him.

Job 15:24 word by word

יְֽ֭בַעֲתֻהוּ צַ֣ר וּמְצוּקָ֑ה תִּ֝תְקְפֵ֗הוּ כְּמֶ֤לֶךְ׀ עָתִ֬יד לַכִּידֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Troubleצַרtsar tsâr · distressH6862
• and anguishמְצוּקָהmetsûqâh metsûqâh · distressH4691
• shall make him afraidבָּעַתbâ‛ath · to terrifyH1204
• they shall prevailתָּקֵףtâqaph · to prevailH8630
• against him, as a kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• readyעָתִיד‛âthîyd · readyH6264
• to the battleכִּידוֹרkîydôr · battleH3593

Cross-references for Job 15:24

• Job 6:2“If my misery could be weighed and my troubles be put on the scales,
• Psalms 119:143As pressure and stress bear down on me, I find joy in your commands.
• Proverbs 1:27when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone, and anguish and distress overwhelm you.
• Isaiah 13:3I, the Lord, have dedicated these soldiers for this task. Yes, I have called mighty warriors to express my anger, and they will rejoice when I am exalted.”
• Matthew 26:37He took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons, James and John, and he became anguished and distressed.
• Romans 2:9There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on doing what is evil—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.
• Proverbs 6:11then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
• Proverbs 24:34then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

Commentaries on Job 15:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid - He shall be in continual fear of death; being now brought down by adversity, and stripped of all the goods which he had got by oppression, his life is a mark for the meanest assassin. As a king ready to the battle - The acts of his wickedness and oppression are as numerous as the troops he commands; and when he comes to meet his enemy in the field, he is not only deserted but slain by his troops. How true are…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24As a king ready to the battle - Fully prepared for a battle; whom it would be vain to attempt to resist. So mighty would be the combined forces of trouble and anguish against him, that it would be vain to attempt to oppose them.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. 20-35Evil people experience everything that happened to Job (see 1:16–19): Attacks by thieves (15:21). Loss of possessions (15:29). Collapse of houses (15:28). Fire (15:30, 34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. prevail--break upon him suddenly and terribly, as a king, &c. (Pr 6:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 15:24

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Conscience
• Cowardice
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Conceive
• Restrain
• Secret
• Unprofitable
• Wait
• Wander
• Anguish
• Eliphaz (2)
• Tribulation
• Eliphaz

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