Job

Job 15:21–22

²¹Sounds of terror fill his ears;

in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

²²He despairs of his return from darkness;

he is marked for the sword.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Sounds	קוֹל־	qō·wl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6963 sound, voice
of terror	פְּחָדִ֥ים	pə·ḥā·ḏîm	Noun - masculine plural	H6343 dread
fill his ears	בְּאָזְנָ֑יו	bə·’ā·zə·nāw	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine singular	H241 ear
in his prosperity	בַּ֝שָּׁל֗וֹם	baš·šā·lō·wm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7965 completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
the destroyer	שׁוֹדֵ֥ד	šō·w·ḏêḏ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
attacks him	יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃	yə·ḇō·w·’en·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He despairs of	יַאֲמִ֣ין	ya·’ă·mîn	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H539 confirm, support
his return	שׁ֭וּב	šûb̲	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7725 turn back, return
from	מִנִּי־	min·nî-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
darkness	חֹ֑שֶׁךְ	ḥō·šeḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity
he	ה֣וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
is marked	וְצָפוּ	wə·ṣå̄·p̄ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H6822 look out or about, spy, keep watch
for	אֱלֵי־	’ĕ·lê-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the sword	חָֽרֶב׃	ḥā·reḇ	Noun - feminine singular	H2719 sword

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 15:21 Job 18:11 · 1 Thessalonians 5:3 · Leviticus 26:36 · 1 Corinthians 10:10 · Revelation 9:11 · Job 20:5–7 · Job 20:22–25 · Job 27:20 · Job 1:13–19 · Psalm 92:7 · Proverbs 1:26–27 · Psalm 73:18–20

Job 15:22 Job 20:24–25

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.