Job 20 · Verse 25

Job 20:25

It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
Job 20:25, King James Version

Job 20:25 in other translations

BSBIt is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
WEBHe draws it out, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.
ASVHe draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.
YLTOne hath drawn, And it cometh out from the body, And a glittering weapon from his gall proceedeth. On him are terrors.
DARBYHe draweth it forth; it cometh out of his body, and the glittering point out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
BBEHe is pulling it out, and it comes out of his back; and its shining point comes out of his side; he is overcome by fears.
WebsterIt is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yes, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

What does Job 20:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. It is drawn--Rather, "He (God) draweth (the sword, Jos 5:13) and (no sooner has He done so, than) it cometh out of (that is, passes right through) the (sinner's) body" (De 32:41, 42; Eze 21:9, 10). The glittering sword is a happy image for lightning. gall--that is, his life (Job 16:13). "Inflicts a deadly wound." terrors--Zophar repeats Bildad's words (Job 17:11; Psa 88:16; 55:4).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 It is drawn, and cometh out - This refers to archery: The arrow is drawn out of the sheaf or quiver, and discharged from the bow against its mark, and pierces the vitals, and passes through the body. So Coverdale - The arowe shal be taken forth, and go out at his backe.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 20:23-29

Zophar, having described the vexations which attend wicked practices, shows their ruin from God's wrath. There is no fence against this, but in Christ, who is the only Covert from the storm and tempest, Is 32:2. Zophar concludes, "This is the portion of a wicked man from God;" it is allotted him. Never was any doctrine better explained, or worse applied, than this by Zophar, who intended to prove Job a hypocrite…

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Job 20:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שָׁלַף֮sha.Lafhe will draw [it] outH8025
וַיֵּצֵ֪אvai.ye.Tze'and it came outH3318
מִגֵּ֫וָ֥הmi.Ge.Vahfrom [the] backH1465
וּ֭בָרָקU.va.rokand lightningH1300
מִֽמְּרֹרָת֥וֹmi.me.ro.ra.Tofrom gall-bladder hisH4846
יַהֲלֹ֗ךְya.ha.Lokhit will comeH1980
עָלָ֥יו'a.Lavon himH5921
אֵמִֽים\׃'e.MimterrorsH367

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 20:25

  • Job 16:13

    His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

  • Job 18:11

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

  • Job 15:21

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

  • Deuteronomy 32:41

    If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

  • Job 27:20

    Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

  • Psalms 7:12

    If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

  • Psalms 88:15

    I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

  • Jeremiah 20:3-4

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor–missabib. For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:11

    Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

  • Job 6:4

    For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  • 2 Samuel 18:14

    Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

  • Psalms 73:19

    How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
drawn.
16:13; De 32:41; 2Sa 18:14; Ps 7:12
terrors.
6:4; 15:21; 18:11; 27:20; Ps 73:19; 88:15; Jer 20:3,4; 2Co 5:11

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Context

  • Job 20:24

    He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

  • Job 20:25

    It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

  • Job 20:26

    All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

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Job 20:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Desenvainará y sacará saeta de su aljaba, y relumbrante pasará por su hiel: sobre él vendrán terrores.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il arrache la flèche et elle sort de son corps, et le fer étincelant de son fiel: les terreurs sont sur lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er zieht am Pfeile, und er kommt aus dem Leibe hervor, und das glänzende Eisen aus seiner Galle: Schrecken kommen über ihn.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Eductus, et egrediens de vagina sua, et fulgurans in amaritudine sua: vadent et venient super eum horribiles.