22 It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power. 23 It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.
Job 27:22–23
Semantically similar passages
Job 18:17–19
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land. 18 He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world. 19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
Job 14:19–21
19 as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope. 20 You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away. 21 If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he i…
Job 15:25–27
25 For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty, 26 rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield. 27 Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
Job 20:24–26
24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him. 25 It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him. 26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is…
Job 18:13–15
13 It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs. 14 He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors. 15 Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
Luke 9:38–40
38 Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child. 39 A spirit keeps seizing him, and he screams abruptly. It throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It keeps mauling him and rarely departs fr…
Book of Enoch 90:11–13
11 And notwithstanding all this those eagles and vultures and ravens and kites still kept tearing the sheep and swooping down upon them and devouring them: still the sheep remained silent, but the rams lamented and cried out. (ENO) 12 And those ravens fought and battled w… (ENO)
2 Esdras 16:77–78
77 Woe to those who are choked with their sins and covered with their iniquities, like a field is choked with bushes, and its path covered with thorns, that no one may travel through! (WEB) 78 It is shut off and given up to be consumed by fire. (WEB)
Search the collection All books and codes Translations and sources