Job 3:25

Translations

Modern

For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

Traditional

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

Literal

For the dreadful thing I dreaded, and it has met me, and that which I had feared has come to me.

Latin

…quia timor quem timebam evenit mihi, et quod verebar accidit.

Original

Hebrew

English

For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

Notes

Job 3:1–26

Job'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).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Job 1:5
And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
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 31:23
For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Despondency: General Scriptures Concerning

Job 3:25

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