Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 3:25 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 25. 25For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
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Role in This Section
Job 3:25 advances the thought unit with the words “For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of….” Job supplies a reason through “For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of…” in support of Job Asks Why Bitter Life Continues.
Read It With
- Job 3:20–3:26
Read Job 3:25 with 3:20–3:26. Read alone, “For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of…” could lose its speaker, the question or claim it develops, and the unit's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Job asks why light and life are given to those who long for death, then names sighing, fear, unrest, and trouble as his present reality.
Why It Needs Context
Job 3:25 depends on 3:20–3:26; isolating “For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of…” would detach a poetic premise, image, response, or transition from Job and “Job Asks Why Bitter Life Continues.”
Read Job 3:20–26 together
Why these verses belong together: Job 3:20–3:26 follows the pinned KJV paragraphing and holds together one sustained speech movement: “Job Asks Why Bitter Life Continues.” The next unit begins with a new stanza, question sequence, scene, speaker response, or rhetorical turn.
Verse 20. 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Verse 21. 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Verse 22. 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Verse 23. 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Verse 24. 24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Verse 25. 25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Verse 26. 26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Job 3:20–3:26 — Job Asks Why Bitter Life ContinuesSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 3:20–3:26, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 3:20–3:26
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