Tree of Life Version
Job 15:21
21Terrifying sounds are in his ears; in a time of peace, marauders attack 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
19to whom alone the land was given, when no foreigner passed among them: 20All his days the wicked suffers torment, and numbered are the years stored up for the tyrant. Terrifying sounds are in his ears; in a time of peace, marauders attack him. 22He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is destined for the sword. 23He wanders about for bread— ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is at hand.
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קוֹל־פְּחָדִ֥ים בְּאָזְנָ֑יו בַּ֝שָּׁל֗וֹם שׁוֹדֵ֥ד יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 15:21
- Job 18:11On every side terrors frighten him and harass his every step.
- Genesis 3:9Then Adonai Elohim called to the man and He said to him, “Where are you?”
- Leviticus 26:36“As for those who remain, I will bring weakness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as one flees from the sword and fall, even when no one is pursuing.
- 2 Kings 7:6For Adonai had caused the army of the Arameans to hear a noise of chariots and a noise of horses—indeed a noise of a huge army. So they said one to another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians to assault us.”
- Proverbs 1:26I in turn will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when dread comes on you,
- Job 1:13One day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
- Job 20:5that the triumph of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?
- 1 Samuel 25:36Then Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was holding a banquet in his house like that of a king—Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was quite drunk. So she told him nothing at all until daybreak.
- Psalms 73:18Surely You put them in slippery places. You hurled them down to destruction.
- Psalms 92:7A brutish man does not know, nor does a fool understand.
- Acts 12:21On an appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes and, taking his seat upon the throne, began to make a speech to them.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3When they are saying, “Shalom and safety,” sudden destruction comes upon them like a woman having birth pains in the womb—there is no way they will escape.
- 1 Corinthians 10:10And let’s not grumble, as some of them did—and were destroyed by the destroying angel.
- Revelation 9:11They have as king over them the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name 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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