Job 3:25

Job 3:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
• New International Version (NIV)What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, And what I dreaded has happened to me.

Context of Job 3:25

23Why is life given to those with no future, those God has surrounded with difficulties? 24I cannot eat for sighing; my groans pour out like water. What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true. 26I have no peace, no quietness. I have no rest; only trouble comes.”

Job 3:25 word by word

כִּ֤י פַ֣חַד פָּ֭חַדְתִּי וַיֶּאֱתָיֵ֑נִי וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָ֝גֹ֗רְתִּי יָ֣בֹא לִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the thing which I greatlyפַּ֫חַדpachad · dreadH6343
• fearedפָּחַדpâchad · to dreadH6342
• is comeאָתָה'âthâh 'âthâ' · to comeH857
• upon me, and that which I was afraidיָגֹרyâgôr · to fearH3025
• of is comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Job 3:25

• Job 1:5When these celebrations ended—sometimes after several days—Job would purify his children. He would get up early in the morning and offer a burnt offering for each of them. For Job said to himself, “Perhaps my children have sinned and have cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
• Job 31:23That would be better than facing God’s judgment. For if the majesty of God opposes me, what hope is there?

Commentaries on Job 3:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25For the thing which I greatly reared - Literally, the fear that I feared; or, I feared a fear, as in the margin. While I was in prosperity I thought adversity might come, and I had a dread of it. I feared the loss of my family and my property; and both have occurred. I was not lifted up: I knew that what I possessed I had from Divine Providence, and that he who gave might take away. I am not stripped of my all as a punishment for my self-confidence.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25For the thing which I greatly feared - Margin, As in the Hebrew “I feared a fear, and it came upon me.” This verse, with the following, has received a considerable variety of exposition. Many have understood it as referring to his whole course of life, and suppose that Job meant to say that he was always apprehensive of some great calamity, such as that which had now come upon him, and that in the time of his highest prosperity be had lived in continual…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-26Verses 20-26 Job was like a man who had lost his way, and had no prospect of escape, or hope of better times. But surely he was in an ill frame for death when so unwilling to live. Let it be our constant care to get ready for another world, and then leave it to God to order our removal thither as he thinks fit. Grace teaches us in the midst of life's greatest comforts, to be willing to die, and in the midst of its greatest crosses, to be willing to live…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-26Job's outbreak of emotion did not mean his integrity failed under pressure (42:7–8; James 5:11). The prophets Elijah and Jeremiah, both men of God, exaggerated with similar language (1 Kings 19:4; Jeremiah 20:14–18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. the thing which I ... feared is come upon me--In the beginning of his trials, when he heard of the loss of one blessing, he feared the loss of another; and when he heard of the loss of that, he feared the loss of a third. that which I was afraid of is come unto me--namely, the ill opinion of his friends, as though he were a hypocrite on account of his trials.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 3:25

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency

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Commentaries on Job 3

• 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
• EGW Writings