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King James Version

Job 21:6

Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Wealth;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Hid;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Horror;   Job, Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 25;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
When I think about what I am saying, I shudder. My body trembles.
English Revised Version
Even when I remember I am troubled, and horror taketh hold on my flesh.
Update Bible Version
Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror takes hold on my flesh.
New Century Version
When I think about this, I am terribly afraid and my body shakes.
New English Translation
For, when I think about this, I am terrified and my body feels a shudder.
Webster's Bible Translation
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
World English Bible
When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
Amplified Bible
"Even when I remember, I am troubled and afraid; Horror and trembling take hold of my flesh.
English Standard Version
When I remember, I am dismayed, and shuddering seizes my flesh.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Y bithenke, Y drede, and tremblyng schakith my fleisch.
Berean Standard Bible
When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
Contemporary English Version
and the very thought of myself fills me with disgust.
American Standard Version
Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.
Bible in Basic English
At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear.
Complete Jewish Bible
Whenever I recall it, I am in shock; my whole body shudders.
Darby Translation
Even when I think [thereon], I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh.
Easy-to-Read Version
When I think about what happened to me, I feel afraid and my body shakes!
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Even when I remember I am affrighted, and horror hath taketh hold on my flesh.
King James Version (1611)
Euen when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh holde on my flesh.
New Life Bible
When I think, I am troubled; and fear takes hold of my body.
New Revised Standard
When I think of it I am dismayed, and shuddering seizes my flesh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Euen when I remember, I am afrayde, and feare taketh hold on my flesh.
George Lamsa Translation
Even when I think of it, I tremble, and terror takes hold of my flesh.
Good News Translation
When I think of what has happened to me, I am stunned, and I tremble and shake.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When I call to mind, then am I dismayed, and there seizeth my flesh a shuddering: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Revised Standard Version
When I think of it I am dismayed, and shuddering seizes my flesh.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For when I consider [my selfe] I am afrayde, and my fleshe is smitten with feare.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For even when I remember, I am alarmed, and pains seize my flesh.
Christian Standard Bible®
When I think about it, I am terrifiedand my body trembles in horror.
Hebrew Names Version
When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
Lexham English Bible
And when I think of it, I am horrified, and shuddering seizes my flesh.
Literal Translation
And if I remember, I am dismayed; and trembling seizes on my flesh.
Young's Literal Translation
Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For whe I pondre & considre this, I am afrayed, and my flesh is smytten with feare.
New American Standard Bible
"Even when I remember, I am disturbed, And horror takes hold of my flesh.
New King James Version
Even when I remember I am terrified, And trembling takes hold of my flesh.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Even when I remember, I am disturbed, And horror takes hold of my flesh.
Legacy Standard Bible
Even when I remember, I am dismayed,And horror seizes my flesh.

Contextual Overview

1 But Job answered and said, 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Even when: Psalms 77:3, Psalms 88:15, Psalms 119:120, Lamentations 3:19, Lamentations 3:20, Habakkuk 3:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:33 - trembled very exceedingly 1 Chronicles 21:30 - he was afraid Job 9:28 - afraid Job 10:15 - I am full Job 37:1 - General Psalms 73:5 - They are Ezekiel 7:18 - and horror 2 Corinthians 7:15 - with

Cross-References

Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Genesis 21:12
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis 21:15
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
Genesis 21:21
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Genesis 21:22
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
Genesis 21:27
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
Genesis 21:28
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Psalms 113:9
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord .
Psalms 126:2
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.
Isaiah 49:15
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Even when I remember,.... Either the iniquities of his youth he was made to possess; or his former state of outward happiness and prosperity he had enjoyed, and reviewed his present miserable case and condition, and called to mind the evil tidings brought him thick and fast of the loss of his substance, servants, and children, which were so terrible and shocking; or when he reflected on the instances of Providence he was about to relate in the following verses:

I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh; which is sometimes the case of good men, both with respect to the judgments of God upon the wicked, and with respect to what befalls, or is coming upon, the people of God, Psalms 119:120; and even the different treatment of good and bad men in this life, as that the one should be severely afflicted and distressed, and the other be in such prosperous and happy circumstances, is not only a sore temptation to them, but shocks their minds, and makes them shudder and stagger at it, and gives them great pain and uneasiness, Psalms 73:2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Even when I remember, I am afraid - I have an internal shuddering and horror when I recall the scenes through which I have passed. I am myself utterly overwhelmed at the magnitude of my own sufferings, and they are such as should excite commiseration in your hearts. Some, however, have connected this with the following verse, supposing the idea to be, that he was horror-stricken when he contemplated the prosperity of wicked people. But there seems to me to be no reason for this interpretation. His object is undoubtedly to show them that there was enough in his ease to awe them into silence; and he says, in order to show that, that the recollection of his sufferings perfectly overwhelmed “him,” and filled him with horror. They who have passed through scenes of special danger, or of great bodily suffering, can easily sympathize with Job here. The very recollection will make the flesh tremble.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 21:6. I am afraid — I am about to speak of the mysterious workings of Providence; and I tremble at the thought of entering into a detail on such a subject; my very flesh trembles.


 
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