Job 20:25 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁵It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

Job 20:25 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 18:11
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Job 16:13
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
Job 15:21
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Deuteronomy 32:41
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Psalms 7:12
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 23-29)

Zophar, having described the many embarrassments and vexations which commonly attend the wicked practices of oppressors and cruel men, here comes to show their utter ruin at last. I. Their ruin will take its rise from God’s wrath and vengeance, Job 20:23. The hand of the wicked was upon him (Job 20:22), every hand of the wicked. His hand was against every one, and therefore every man’s hand will b…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 25)

25. It is drawn--Rather, “He (God) draweth (the sword, Jos 5:13) and (no sooner has He done so, than) it cometh out of (that is, passes right through) the (sinner’s) body” (De 32:41, 42; Eze 21:9, 10). The glittering sword is a happy image for lightning. gall--that is, his life (Job 16:13). “Inflicts a deadly wound.” terrors--Zophar repeats Bildad’s words (Job 17:11; Psa 88:16; 55:4).