Job 30:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.”

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BSBPD

“Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“He hath turned against me terrors, It pursueth as the wind mine abundance, And as a thick cloud, Hath my safety passed away.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 30:15 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 3:25For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
  2. 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.
  3. Job 7:9As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
  4. Job 7:14then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
  5. Job 9:27If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
  6. Job 10:16Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
  7. Job 31:23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
  8. Psalms 55:4My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
  9. Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
  10. Psalms 88:16Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
  11. Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
  12. Hosea 6:4What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
  13. Hosea 13:3Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

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