Job 20:25 BSB — MannaFest

Job 20:25

It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

BSB

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ASV

He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XV (604)

Ver. 25. He is drawn and cometh out of his sheath, yea, lightening in his bitterness. 31. This wicked man lays plots in arts of robbery on his neighbours. And whilst he is plotting mischief in the thoughts of his heart, it is as if 'the sword were still in its sheath;' but when he wickedly executes the mischief, which he has contrived, he 'cometh out of his sheath,' in that he is brought out to view, from the secresy of his thoughts, in the wickedness of evil doing.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

It is drawn, and cometh out of the body,.... That is, the arrow with which a wicked man is stricken through; either it is drawn, and comes out of the quiver, as Broughton; or rather is drawn out of the body of a wicked man, being shot into it, and that in order that he may be cured of his wound if possible, but to no purpose, since it follows: yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall; being thrust into it, which being pierced and poured out, is certain and immediate death, see Job 16:

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

It is drawn - Or rather, “he draws” - that is, he draws out the arrow that has been shot at him; or it may mean, as Prof. Lee supposes, that he draws, that is, “someone” draws the arrow from its quiver, or the sword from its sheath, in order to smite him. The object is to describe his death, and to show that he should be certainly overtaken with calamity. Zophar, therefore, goes through the process by which he would be shot down, or shows that he could not escape.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שָׁלַף֮	sha.Laf	he will draw [it] out	H8025 →
וַיֵּצֵ֪א	vai.ye.Tze'	and it came out	H3318 →
מִגֵּ֫וָ֥ה	mi.Ge.Vah	from [the] back	H1465 →
וּ֭בָרָק	U.va.rok	and lightning	H1300 →
מִֽמְּרֹרָת֥וֹ	mi.me.ro.ra.To	from gall-bladder his	H4846 →
יַהֲלֹ֗ךְ	ya.ha.Lokh	it will come	H1980 →
עָלָ֥יו	'a.Lav	on him	H5921 →
אֵמִֽים׃	'e.Mim	terrors	H367 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 15:21
Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
leads to
- Leviticus 26:36
  As 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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Job 18:11
  Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3
  While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Through
Psalms 7:12
If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
leads to
- Acts 3:19
  Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
- Matthew 3:10
  The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
- Isaiah 55:6–7
  Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
Through
Job 18:11
Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
leads to
- Job 15:21
  Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
- Jeremiah 6:25
  Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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04Related verses

06About Job

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Where the connections lead

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