Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
He wanders around for food where is it? He knows that a time of darkness is near.
New American Standard Bible
He knows that a day of
King James Version
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Holman Bible
He knows the day of darkness is at hand.
A Conservative Version
He wanders abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
American Standard Version
He wandereth abroad for bread,'saying , Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Amplified
“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already at hand.
Bible in Basic English
He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:
Darby Translation
He wandereth abroad for bread, where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Julia Smith Translation
He wandered about for bread, where he knew that the day of darkness was ready at his hand.
King James 2000
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"He is wandering for bread, [saying], 'Where [is it]?' He knows that a day of darkness [is] ready {at hand}.
Modern King James verseion
He wanders for bread, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at hand.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When he goeth forth to get his living, he thinketh plainly, that the day of darkness is at hand.
NET Bible
he wanders about -- food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.
New Heart English Bible
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
The Emphasized Bible
A wanderer, he, for bread, saying Where is it ? He knoweth that, prepared by his own hand, is the day of darkness;
Webster
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
World English Bible
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Youngs Literal Translation
He is wandering for bread -- 'Where is it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 15:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Second Response To Job
22 He does not believe he will escape darkness; he is destined for the sword. 23 He wanders around for food where is it? He knows that a time of darkness is near. 24 Distress and pressure terrify him; they overwhelm him, like a king poised for attack.
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Cross References
Psalm 59:15
They scavenge for food. If they find nothing, they become hungry and growl.
Psalm 109:10
May his children roam around begging, seeking food while driven far from their ruined homes.
Job 18:12
He is starved for strength; and is ripe for a fall.
Genesis 4:12
Whenever you work the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you, and you'll wander throughout the earth as a fugitive."
Job 18:5-6
"Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn't shine.
Job 18:18
He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape.
Job 30:3-4
Unproductive due to poverty and hunger, they could only scratch in parched soil, devastated and desolated.
Ecclesiastes 11:8
Even if a person lives many years, let him enjoy them all, recalling that there will be many days of darkness to come all of which are pointless.
Lamentations 5:6
We made a deal with the Egyptians and the Assyrians for the price of food.
Lamentations 5:9
We risk our lives to obtain our food, facing death in the desert.
Joel 2:2
A day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows like the dawn spreads out to cover the mountains a people strong and robust. Never has there been anything like it, neither will anything follow to compare with it, even through the lifetime of generation upon generation."
Amos 5:20
Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness, and not light pitch black at that, without a ray of sunshine?"
Zephaniah 1:15
That day will be filled with wrath, a day of trouble and tribulation, a day of desolation and devastation, a day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows,
Hebrews 10:27
but only a terrifying prospect of judgment and a raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
Hebrews 11:37-38
They were stoned to death, sawed in half, and killed with swords. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins. They were needy, oppressed, and mistreated.