KJV King James Version
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors [are] upon him.
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Job 20:25
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors [are] upon him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
WEB World English Bible
He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.
ASV American Standard Version
He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
One hath drawn, And it cometh out from the body, And a glittering weapon from his gall proceedeth. On him are terrors.
Surrounding context — Job 20
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
23 [When] he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain [it] upon him while he is eating.
24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, [and] the bow of steel shall strike him through.
25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors [are] upon him.
26 All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
28 The increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
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Job 16:13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.Job 18:11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.Deuteronomy 32:41If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.Job 15:21A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.Job 27:20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.Psalm 7:12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.2 Samuel 18:14Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he [was] yet alive in the midst of the oak.Jeremiah 20:3-4And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib.2 Corinthians 5:11Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.Psalm 88:15I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.Psalm 73:19How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
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