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Job 15:21

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Sounds of terror are in his ears; While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— A sound of terrors is in his ears; in prosperity the spoiler shall come upon him:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— A noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— A fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— A sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— A dreadfull sound [is] in his eares; in prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— A dreadful sound is in his ears; in prosperity the spoiler shall come upon him.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
A dreadful 6343
{6343} Prime
פַּחַד
pachad
{pakh'-ad}
From H6342; a (sudden) alarm (properly the object feared, by implication the feeling).
sound 6963
{6963} Prime
קוֹל
qowl
{kole}
From an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.
[is] in his ears: 241
{0241} Prime
אֹזֶן
'ozen
{o'-zen}
From H0238; broadness, that is, (concretely) the ear (from its form in man).
in prosperity 7965
{7965} Prime
שָׁלוֹם
shalowm
{shaw-lome'}
From H7999; safe, that is, (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, that is, health, prosperity, peace.
the destroyer 7703
{7703} Prime
שָׁדַד
shadad
{shaw-dad'}
A primitive root; properly to be burly, that is, (figuratively) powerful (passively impregnable); by implication to ravage.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
shall come y935
[0935] Standard
בּוֹא
bow'
{bo}
A primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
upon x935
(0935) Complement
בּוֹא
bow'
{bo}
A primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications).
him.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 15:21

_ _ An evil conscience conceives alarm at every sudden sound, though it be in a time of peace (“prosperity”), when there is no real danger (Leviticus 26:36; Proverbs 28:1; 2 Kings 7:6).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 15:17-35.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 15:21

A sound — Even when he feels no evil, he is tormented with perpetual fears. Come upon him — Suddenly and unexpectedly.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
dreadful sound:
Heb. sound of fears,
Job 18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Genesis 3:9-10 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art] thou? ... And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself.
Leviticus 26:36 And upon them that are left [alive] of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
2 Kings 7:6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, [even] the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
Proverbs 1:26-27 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; ... When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

in prosperity:

Job 1:13-19 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: ... And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 20:5-7 That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment? ... [Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where [is] he?
Job 20:22-24 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. ... He shall flee from the iron weapon, [and] the bow of steel shall strike him through.
Leviticus 26:36 And upon them that are left [alive] of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
1 Samuel 25:36-38 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart [was] merry within him, for he [was] very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. ... And it came to pass about ten days [after], that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
Psalms 73:18-20 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. ... As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Psalms 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; [it is] that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Acts 12:21-23 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. ... And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

the destroyer:

1 Corinthians 10:10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
Revelation 9:11 And they had a king over them, [which is] the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue [is] Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath [his] name Apollyon.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Gn 3:9. Lv 26:36. 1S 25:36. 2K 7:6. Jb 1:13; 18:11; 20:5, 22. Ps 73:18; 92:7. Pv 1:26. Ac 12:21. 1Co 10:10. 1Th 5:3. Rv 9:11.

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