It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
Parallel translations
- WEB He draws it out, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.
- KJV It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
- NKJV It is drawn, and comes out of the body; Yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors come upon him;
- NASB “It is drawn and comes out of his back, Even the flashing point from his gallbladder; Terrors come upon him,
- NLT The arrow is pulled from their back, and the arrowhead glistens with blood. The terrors of death are upon them.
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The arrow is drawn out, its gleaming point coming from his liver, and terrors seize him. His death is gruesome and dread-filled.
Overview
Zophar vividly depicts the fatal wound, the shining arrow withdrawn from the wicked man's body as terror overwhelms him in his dying. The graphic detail conveys the horror that attends the judgment of the godless. The looming 'terrors' echo Bildad's earlier 'king of terrors,' stressing that apart from God, death comes as dreadful and final.
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- Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
- Job 16:13His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
- Deut 32:41when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
- Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
- Job 27:20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
- Ps 7:12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
- Ps 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
- 2 Cor 5:11Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.
- Ps 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
- Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
- Jer 20:3–4The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.
- 2 Sam 18:14But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
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