Job 18:11

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“Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.”

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BSBPD

“Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Round about terrified him have terrors, And they have scattered him--at his feet.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 18:11 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:36As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.
  2. 1 Samuel 28:5When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.
  3. 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
  4. Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
  5. Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
  6. Job 20:8He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
  7. Job 20:25It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
  8. Job 22:10Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
  9. Job 27:20Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
  10. Psalms 53:5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
  11. Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
  12. Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
  13. Jeremiah 6:25Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
  14. Jeremiah 20:3The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.
  15. Jeremiah 46:5Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
  16. Jeremiah 49:29They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
  17. 2 Corinthians 5:11Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.
  18. Revelation 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

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