It is drawn, and comes out of the body; Yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors come upon 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.
- BSB It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over 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Zophar vividly depicts the fatal wound, the shining arrow withdrawn from the wicked man's body as terror overwhelms him in his dying.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 shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels.
- Job 16:13His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall on the ground.
- Deut 32:41if I sharpen my glittering sword, my hand grasps it in judgment; I will take vengeance on my adversaries, and will repay those who hate me.
- Job 15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.
- Job 27:20Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.
- Ps 7:12If a man doesn’t relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
- Ps 73:19How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
- 2 Cor 5:11Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.
- Ps 88:15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
- Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
- Jer 20:3–4On the next day, Pashhur released Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, “Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur, but Magormissabib.
- 2 Sam 18:14Then Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this with you.” He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the middle of the oak.
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