6 When I think about this, I am terrified; trembling seizes my body.

Other Translations of Job 21:6

King James Version

6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

English Standard Version

6 When I remember, I am dismayed, and shuddering seizes my flesh.

The Message

6 When I look back, I go into shock, my body is racked with spasms.

New King James Version

6 Even when I remember I am terrified, And trembling takes hold of my flesh.

New Living Translation

6 When I think about what I am saying, I shudder. My body trembles.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 21:6

Commentary on Job 21:1-6

(Read Job 21:1-6)

Job comes closer to the question in dispute. This was, Whether outward prosperity is a mark of the true church, and the true members of it, so that ruin of a man's prosperity proves him a hypocrite? This they asserted, but Job denied. If they looked upon him, they might see misery enough to demand compassion, and their bold interpretations of this mysterious providence should be turned into silent wonder.

8 Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame.

Other Translations of Isaiah 13:8

King James Version

8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed be amazed: Heb. wonder one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

English Standard Version

8 They will be dismayed: pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame.

The Message

8 and unstrung, Doubled up in pain like a woman giving birth to a baby. Horrified - everyone they see is like a face out of a nightmare.

New King James Version

8 And they will be afraid. Pangs and sorrows will take hold of them; They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth; They will be amazed at one another; Their faces will be like flames.

New Living Translation

8 and people are terrified. Pangs of anguish grip them, like those of a woman in labor. They look helplessly at one another, their faces aflame with fear.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 13:8

Commentary on Isaiah 13:6-18

(Read Isaiah 13:6-18)

We have here the terrible desolation of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. Those who in the day of their peace were proud, and haughty, and terrible, are quite dispirited when trouble comes. Their faces shall be scorched with the flame. All comfort and hope shall fail. The stars of heaven shall not give their light, the sun shall be darkened. Such expressions are often employed by the prophets, to describe the convulsions of governments. God will visit them for their iniquity, particularly the sin of pride, which brings men low. There shall be a general scene of horror. Those who join themselves to Babylon, must expect to share her plagues, Revelation 18:4. All that men have, they would give for their lives, but no man's riches shall be the ransom of his life. Pause here and wonder that men should be thus cruel and inhuman, and see how corrupt the nature of man is become. And that little infants thus suffer, which shows that there is an original guilt, by which life is forfeited as soon as it is begun. The day of the Lord will, indeed, be terrible with wrath and fierce anger, far beyond all here stated. Nor will there be any place for the sinner to flee to, or attempt an escape. But few act as though they believed these things.