Job 15:24

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.

American Standard Version (1901)

Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

Bible in Basic English

He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:

Free Bible Version

Misery and torment overwhelm them like a king preparing for battle.

King James (Authorized) Version

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

Translation for Translators

Because they are afraid of those things happening to them, they are afraid and worry that these things will come to them like the army of a king comes to attack their enemies and cause them to suffer [SIM].

Unlocked Literal Bible

Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for battle.

Noah Webster Bible

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

World English Bible

Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

Young's Literal Translation

Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.

Context

Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God

²³He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand. ²⁴Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack. ²⁵For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,

Summary

In this verse, Eliphaz, one of Job's friends, speaks about the fate of the wicked. He describes the distress and terror that will come upon them like a king ready for battle. Eliphaz emphasizes that the wicked will face destruction and darkness, highlighting the consequences of turning away from God and living in sin. This verse serves as a warning about the ultimate judgment that awaits those who reject God's ways and choose to walk in disobedience.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid - He shall be in continual fear of death; being now brought down by adversity, and stripped of all the goods which he had got by oppression, his life is a mark for the meanest assassin. As a king ready to the battle - The acts of his wickedness and oppression are as numerous as the troops he commands; and when he comes to meet his enemy in the field, he is not only deserted but slain by his troops. How true are the words of the poet: - Ad generum Cereris sine caede et vulnere pauci Descendunt reges, et sicca morte tyranni. Juv. Sat., ver. 112. "For few usurpers to the shades descend By a dry death, or with a quiet end."

John Gill Bible Commentary

For he stretched out his hand against God,.... Being an hater of him, an enemy to him, yea, enmity itself against him; an enemy in his mind, which appears by his wicked works, which are so many acts of hostility against God; all sins are against God, his nature, his will, his law, and all his remonstrances, exhortations, cautions, and instructions; but some are more daring and impudent than others, or are committed in a more open, bold, and audacious manner, as were those committed by the inhabitants of Sodom, and those who are similar to them; especially such as strike at the being of God and his perfections, his providence and government of the world; and such as deny these may most truly be said to stretch out their hands against God, and strike at him: and this may regard not only sins committed against the light of nature and the law of God, but against the evangelic revelation, the doctrines of the Gospel, and the ordinances of it; for such who deny the one, and reject the other, openly oppose themselves to God, and expose themselves to his wrath and vengeance; for of how much sorer punishment shall such be thought worthy, who trample Christ and his blood under foot, despise and disobey his Gospel: and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty; by hardening his heart against him as Pharaoh did; by putting on a bold and brazen countenance, by setting his mouth against God in heaven, and suffering, his tongue to walk through the earth, fearing neither God nor man; by entering into a friendship with the world, and making alliances with the enemies of God, even by making a covenant with death, and an agreement with hell; all which is egregious folly and madness: for a sinful man to oppose himself to God is to set briers and thorns to a consuming fire; for a weak feeble creature to set himself against the Almighty, who can crush him in a moment, and send him down to hell, is the height of folly; let the potsherds strive with the potsherds of the earth, but not man with his Maker; who ever strengthened or hardened himself against him, and prospered?

Job 15:24

Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God

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Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.

American Standard Version (1901)

Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

Bible in Basic English

He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:

Free Bible Version

Misery and torment overwhelm them like a king preparing for battle.

King James (Authorized) Version

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

Translation for Translators

Unlocked Literal Bible

Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for battle.

Noah Webster Bible

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

World English Bible

Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

Young's Literal Translation

Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Job 15:24

Verse

Context

Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Job 15:24

Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary