Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.
Parallel translations
- WEB Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
- KJV Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
- NKJV Trouble and anguish make him afraid; They overpower him, like a king ready for battle.
- NASB “Distress and anguish terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
- NLT That dark day terrifies them. They live in distress and anguish, like a king preparing for battle.
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Quick answer
Distress and anguish overwhelm the wicked man like a king charging into battle. He is besieged by terror he cannot withstand.
Overview
Eliphaz heightens the picture of the wicked overpowered by fear, using the image of an advancing king ready for war. The relentless assault of dread conveys the misery of life under judgment. While sin does bring such anguish, the book teaches that the godly may also be pressed by overwhelming distress, as Job and ultimately Christ in Gethsemane show.
Cross-references & the web
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- Prov 6:11and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
- Prov 24:34and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
- Prov 1:27when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
- Isa 13:3I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
- Matt 26:37–38He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
- Job 6:2–4“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
- Ps 119:143Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
- Rom 2:9There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
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