For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
Parallel translations
- WEB For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me.
- KJV For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
- NKJV For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, And what I dreaded has happened to me.
- NASB “For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread encounters me.
- NLT What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true.
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Quick answer
The very calamities Job dreaded have come upon him. His worst fears have been realized.
Overview
Job confesses that what he feared most has overtaken him, giving voice to the dread that haunts human life. His words express how suffering can confirm our deepest anxieties. Yet the book will show that even realized fears fall within the sovereign care of God, who remains faithful through the worst.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Job 1:5And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
- Job 30:15Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
- Job 31:23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
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