For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.
Parallel translations
- KJV And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
- BSB The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.
- NKJV And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men.
- NASB The guards shook from fear of him and became like dead men.
- NLT The guards shook with fear when they saw him, and they fell into a dead faint.
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- Rev 1:17When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
- Dan 10:7I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn’t see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.
- Matt 27:65–66Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.”
- Acts 16:29He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,
- Matt 28:11Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.
- Ps 48:6Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
- Acts 9:3–7As he traveled, he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.
- Job 4:14fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
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