Job 20:25

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
The arrow is pulled from their back, and the arrowhead glistens with blood. The terrors of death are upon them.

English Revised Version
He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body: yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall; terrors are upon him.

Update Bible Version
He draws it forth, and it comes out of his back; Yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall: Terrors are on him.

New Century Version
They will pull the arrows out of their backs and pull the points out of their livers. Terrors will come over them;

New English Translation
When he pulls it out and it comes out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver, terrors come over him.

Webster's Bible Translation
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yes, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors [are] upon him.

World English Bible
He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.

Amplified Bible
"The arrow is drawn forth and it comes out of his back [after passing through his body]; Yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors march in upon him;

English Standard Version
It is drawn forth and comes out of his body; the glittering point comes out of his gallbladder; terrors come upon him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Led out, and goynge out `of his schethe, and schynynge, `ether smytinge with leit, `in to his bittirnesse; orrible fendis schulen go, and schulen come on hym.

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

Contemporary English Version
whose shining tips go straight through their bodies. They will be trapped by terror,

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

Bible in Basic English
He 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.

Complete Jewish Bible
he pulls the arrow out of his back, the shining tip comes out from his innards; terrors come upon him.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
It will go through his body and stick out of his back. Its shining point will pierce his liver, and he will be shocked with terror.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall; terrors are upon him.

King James Version (1611)
It is drawen, and commeth out of the body; yea the glistering sword commeth out of his gall; terrours are vpon him.

New Life Bible
It cuts through his body and comes out of his back. The shining arrow comes out of his liver. Much fear comes upon him.

New Revised Standard
It is drawn forth and comes out of their body, and the glittering point comes out of their gall; terrors come upon them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The arrowe is drawen out, and commeth forth of the body, & shineth of his gall, so feare commeth vpon him.

George Lamsa Translation
It is drawn, and it brings forth his inward parts; and the skin of his gall shall be pierced; terror shall be upon him continually.

Good News Translation
Arrows stick through their bodies; the shiny points drip with their blood, and terror grips their hearts.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He hath drawn it out, and it hath come forth out of his back, - yea the flashing arrow-head, out of his gall, There shall march on him - terrors:

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sword is drawn out, and cometh forth from its scabbard, and glittereth in his bitterness: the terrible ones shall go and come upon him.

Revised Standard Version
It is drawn forth and comes out of his body, the glittering point comes out of his gall; terrors come upon him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The [arowe] is taken foorth and gone out of the quiuer, and a glistering sword through the gall of him: so feare shall come vpon him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And let the arrow pierce through his body; and let the stars be against his dwelling-place: let terrors come upon him.

Christian Standard Bible®
He pulls it out of his back,the flashing tip out of his liver.Terrors come over him.

Hebrew Names Version
He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.

Lexham English Bible
He draws it forth, and it comes out from his body, and the glittering point comes from his gall-bladder; terrors come upon him.

Literal Translation
One draws it, and treads it from behind, even lightning from his gall; terrors come upon him.

Young's Literal Translation
One hath drawn, And it cometh out from the body, And a glittering weapon from his gall proceedeth. On him [are] terrors.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The arowe shal be taken forth, & go out at his backe, and a glisteringe swearde thorow ye gall of him, feare shal come vpo him.

New American Standard Bible
"It is drawn and comes out of his back, Even the flashing point from his gallbladder; Terrors come upon him,

New King James Version
It is drawn, and comes out of the body; Yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors come upon him;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"It is drawn forth and comes out of his back, Even the glittering point from his gall. Terrors come upon him,

Legacy Standard Bible
It is drawn forth and comes out of his back,Even the glittering point from his gall;Bouts of dread come upon him.

Contextual Overview

²³ When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. ²⁴ He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. ²⁵ It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. 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. ²⁷ The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. ²⁸ The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. ²⁹ This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

drawn: Job 16:13, Deuteronomy 32:41, 2 Samuel 18:14, Psalms 7:12

terrors: Job 6:4, Job 15:21, Job 18:11, Job 27:20, Psalms 73:19, Psalms 88:15, Jeremiah 20:3, Jeremiah 20:4, 2 Corinthians 5:11

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:16 - terror Judges 3:21 - thrust it Job 15:22 - and he is Ezekiel 21:9 - A sword Amos 5:19 - As if

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 16:13. Some render it, yea, "the glittering [sword] out of his gall, he shall go away", or "is gone" f; that is, he shall die, or is a dead man, there is no hope of him, when the arrow has transfixed his body, and the sword has penetrated into his gall, and divided that:

terrors [are] upon him; the terrors of death, the plain symptoms of it being upon him; the terrors of an awful judgment, which follows after it; the terrors of the dreadful sentence of condemnation that will then be pronounced, "go, ye cursed", c. and the terrors of hell and eternal death, signified by utter darkness, unquenchable fire, and the never ceasing torments of it. Some by them understand devils, those terrible spirits which haunt wicked men in their dying moments, and are ready to carry them to the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, where they are to be companions with them for ever. The word is sometimes used of gigantic persons, who are sometimes terrible to others and since these are mentioned along with weapons of war, Bar Tzemach interprets them of men of strength and power, men of war or soldiers, whose fear falls on others.

f יהלך "abibit e vivis"; so some in Michaelis; "abit", Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.

And cometh out of the body - That is, the arrow, or the glittering blade. It has penetrated the body, and passed through it. He shall be pierced through and through.

The glittering sword - Hebrew ברק bârâq - “the glittering;” scil. thing, or weapon, and is given to the sword, because it is kept bright.

Cometh out of his gall - Supposed to be the seat of life. See the notes, Job 16:13.

Terrors are upon him - The terrors of death.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 20:25. 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.