21A fearful voice is in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.


In Context

18 Which the wise declare — And have not hid — from their fathers.

19 To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:

20 'All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.

21 A fearful voice is in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.

22 He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched is he for the sword.

23 He is wandering for bread — 'Where is it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.

Job 15:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:21A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:21Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:21The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:21The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears; in prosperity the spoiler shall come upon him:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.