Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Parallel translations
- WEB be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”
- BSB then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
- NKJV Be afraid of the sword for yourselves; For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, That you may know there is a judgment.”
- NASB “Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves, For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, So that you may know there is judgment.”
- NLT You should fear punishment yourselves, for your attitude deserves punishment. Then you will know that there is indeed a judgment.”
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Quick answer
Job warns his friends to fear the sword, for wrath brings judgment, that they may know there is a judgment to come. He cautions that God will judge their accusations.
Overview
Job solemnly warns that those who wrongly attack him face God's punishing 'sword,' for there is indeed a coming judgment. His words turn the tables: the very judgment they invoke against him may fall on them. The verse affirms that God will hold all accountable, a truth that should sober every tongue and points to the final judgment entrusted to Christ (John 5:22).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Eccl 12:14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
- Eccl 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
- Job 22:4Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
- Job 13:7–11Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
- Ps 9:7But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
- Ps 1:5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
- Matt 7:1–2Judge not, that ye be not judged.
- Ps 58:10–11The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Job 15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
- Rom 13:1–4Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
- Jas 4:11–12Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
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