King James Version

Job 15:21

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

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קוֹלqolsoundקוֹלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.פְּחָדִ֥יםpechadimdreadפַּחַדnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “dread”, the ordinary formH6343a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.בְּאָזְנָ֑יוbeazenayvin earאֹזֶןpreposition, noun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in ear”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH241broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)[phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.בַּ֝שָּׁל֗וֹםbashalomin healthשָׁלוֹםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in health”, the ordinary formH7965safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace[idiom] do, familiar, [idiom] fare, favour, [phrase] friend, [idiom] great, (good) health, ([idiom] perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, ([idiom] all is, be) well, [idiom] whol…שׁוֹדֵ֥דshodeddeadשָׁדַדverb, qal, participle, absolute — “dead”, a verb used as a describing wordH7703properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravagedead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), [idiom] utterly, (lay) waste.יְבוֹאֶֽנּוּyevoenvto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

Young’s Literal Translation

A fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.

World English Bible

A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.

Darby Translation

The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.

Douay-Rheims

The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ ἐν ὠσὶν αὐτοῦ· ὅταν δοκῇ ἤδη εἰρηνεύειν, ἥξει αὐτοῦ ἡ καταστροφή.