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Job 3:25

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

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For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

Job 3:25 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 3:25

Theological / Devotional

The thing. Does this imply that Job had harbored a fear of disaster before trouble struck him? This deduction is not necessary. Translated literally, the text reads: “For I fear a fear, and it cometh upon me; and that which I dread cometh unto me.” It seems that Job is describing his experience after his troubles began. Each catastrophe increases his fear of further trouble; and in each case, so it appears, further trouble comes.

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