Job 18:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.”
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“He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Drawn from his tent is his confidence, And it causeth him to step to the king of terrors.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 18:14 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 8:14His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
- Job 8:22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
- Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
- Job 24:17For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
- Job 41:34He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”
- Psalms 55:4My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
- Psalms 112:10The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
- Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
- Matthew 7:26But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
- 1 Corinthians 15:55“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
- Hebrews 2:15and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).