Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. New Living Translation What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true. English Standard Version For the thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me. Berean Standard Bible For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me. King James Bible For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. New King James Version For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, And what I dreaded has happened to me. New American Standard Bible “For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread encounters me. NASB 1995 “For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me. NASB 1977 “For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me. Legacy Standard Bible For the dread that I dread comes upon me, And what I am afraid of befalls me. Amplified Bible “For the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me, And that of which I am afraid has come upon me. Christian Standard Bible For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has happened to me. Holman Christian Standard Bible For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has happened to me. American Standard Version For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because the fear which I feared has come upon me, and that thing by which I was shaken has met me Brenton Septuagint Translation For the terror of which I meditated has come upon me, and that which I had feared has befallen me. Contemporary English Version and my worst fears have all come true. Douay-Rheims Bible For the fear which I feared hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me. English Revised Version For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, and that which I am afraid of cometh unto me. GOD'S WORD® Translation What I fear most overtakes me. What I dread happens to me. Good News Translation Everything I fear and dread comes true. International Standard Version For the dreaded thing that I feared has happened to me, what caused me to worry has engulfed me. JPS Tanakh 1917 For the thing which I did fear is come upon me, And that which I was afraid of hath overtaken me. Literal Standard Version For I feared a fear and it meets me, | And what I was afraid of comes to me. Majority Standard Bible For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me. New American Bible For what I feared overtakes me; what I dreaded comes upon me. NET Bible For the very thing I dreaded has happened to me, and what I feared has come upon me. New Revised Standard Version Truly the thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me. New Heart English Bible For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me. Webster's Bible Translation For the thing which I greatly feared hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me. World English Bible For the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am afraid of comes to me. Young's Literal Translation For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Laments His Birth…24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water. 25For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me. 26I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”… Cross References Job 9:28 I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me. Job 30:15 Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud. Job 30:26 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell. Ezekiel 11:8 You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD. Treasury of Scripture For the thing which I greatly feared is come on me, and that which I was afraid of is come to me. the thing, etc. Job 1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. Job 31:23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. Jump to Previous Afraid Befalls Dread Dreaded Fear Feared Greatly Heart Overtaken TroubledJump to Next Afraid Befalls Dread Dreaded Fear Feared Greatly Heart Overtaken TroubledJob 3 1. Job curses the day and services of his birth.13. The ease of death. 20. He complains of life, because of his anguish. (25) For the thing which I greatly feared . . .--Comp. Proverbs 28:14. It means that he had always had in remembrance the uncertainty and instability of earthly things, an yet he had been overtaken by a calamity that mocked his carefulness and exceeded his apprehensions.Verse 25. - For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me; literally, for I fear a fear, and it comes upon me. The meaning is not that the affliction which has come upon him is a thing which Job had feared when he was prosperous; but that now that he is in adversity, he is beset with fears, and that all his presentiments of evil are almost immediately accomplished. The second clause, And that which I was (rather, am) afraid of is come unto me, merely repeats and emphasizes the first (see the comment on ver. 11). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the thing פַ֣חַד (p̄a·ḥaḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6343: A, alarm I feared פָּ֭חַדְתִּי (pā·ḥaḏ·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6342: To dread, be in dread or in awe has overtaken me, וַיֶּאֱתָיֵ֑נִי (way·ye·’ĕ·ṯā·yê·nî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 857: To arrive and what וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (wa·’ă·šer) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I dreaded יָ֝גֹ֗רְתִּי (yā·ḡō·rə·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 3025: To be afraid, fear has befallen יָ֣בֹא (yā·ḇō) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go me. לִֽי׃ (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew Links Job 3:25 NIVJob 3:25 NLT Job 3:25 ESV Job 3:25 NASB Job 3:25 KJV Job 3:25 BibleApps.com Job 3:25 Biblia Paralela Job 3:25 Chinese Bible Job 3:25 French Bible Job 3:25 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 3:25 For the thing which I fear comes (Jb) |
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