Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Parallel translations
- KJV Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
- BSB Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.
- 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
Cross-references · 8
- Prov 6:11so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
- Prov 24:34so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
- Prov 1:27when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you.
- Isa 13:3I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.
- Matt 26:37–38He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled.
- Job 6:2–4“Oh that my anguish were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
- Ps 119:143Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
- Rom 2:9oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
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