Bible Strands
Job 20:25
It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Zophar addresses Job, describing the sudden ruin awaiting the wicked immediately after detailing their failed escape from iron and bronze weapons.
The words — וּבָרָק (va.rok) denotes a gleaming or lightning-like shaft, while אֵמִים ('e.Mim) specifies the terrors that overwhelm the victim.
The thread — This imagery of pierced organs and surrounding dread echoes Job 16:13 and Job 18:11, while the divine sword motif aligns with Deuteronomy 32:41.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that violent judgment and paralyzing fear are inescapable consequences for the arrogant.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Job 16:13 His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
- Job 18:11 Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
- Deuteronomy 32:41 when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
- Job 15:21 Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
- Job 27:20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.
- Psalms 7:12 If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
- 2 Samuel 18:14 But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
- Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
- Psalms 73:19 How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
- Psalms 88:15 From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.