Bible Strands
Job 27:22
It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks these words in his final discourse, addressing his friends while describing the inescapable fate awaiting the wicked.
The words — The Hebrew יַחְמֹל (yach.Mol) means "he will show pity," combined with לֹא (Lo') for "not" to form the phrase "without mercy."
The thread — This pattern of inescapable judgment appears in Job 11:20, 2 Peter 2:4, and Ezekiel 5:11.
Why it lands — The text states that a pursuing force attacks without mercy while the target flees, demanding recognition that human escape cannot outrun sovereign judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
Cross-references
- 2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
- Ezekiel 5:11 Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
- Ezekiel 24:14 I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
- Exodus 9:14 Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
- Exodus 14:25 He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
- Deuteronomy 32:23 I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
- Joshua 10:11 As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
- Judges 4:17 Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
- Job 20:24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.