Job 38:23

Easy-to-Read Version

I save them there for times of trouble, for the times of war and battle.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
which I hold in reserve for times of trouble,for the day of warfare and battle?

Hebrew Names Version
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?

King James Version
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

English Standard Version
which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?

New Century Version
which I save for times of trouble, for days of war and battle?

New English Translation
which I reserve for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle?

Amplified Bible
Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?

New American Standard Bible
Which I have reserved for a time of distress, For a day of war and battle?

World English Bible
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?

Geneva Bible (1587)
Which I haue hid against the time of trouble, against the day of warre and battell?

Legacy Standard Bible
Which I have reserved for the time of distress,For the day of war and battle?

Berean Standard Bible
which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?

Contemporary English Version
until I use them to punish and conquer nations?

Complete Jewish Bible
which I save for times of trouble, for days of battle and war?

Darby Translation
Which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of battle and war?

George Lamsa Translation
Which are reserved against the time of distress, against the day of battle and war?

Good News Translation
I keep them ready for times of trouble, for days of battle and war.

Lexham English Bible
which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?

Literal Translation
which I have reserved for the time of distress for the day of battle and war?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
which I haue prepared agaynst the tyme of trouble, agaynst the tyme of batell & warre?

American Standard Version
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?

Bible in Basic English
Which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war and fighting?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

King James Version (1611)
Which I haue reserued against the time of trouble, against the day of battaile and warre?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Which I haue prepared against the time of trouble, against the time of battaile and warre?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And is there a store of them, for thee against the time of thine enemies, for the day of wars and battle?

English Revised Version
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
whiche thingis Y made redy in to the tyme of an enemy, in to the dai of fiytyng and of batel.

Update Bible Version
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?

Webster's Bible Translation
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

New King James Version
Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?

New Living Translation
(I have reserved them as weapons for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war.)

New Life Bible
which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle?

New Revised Standard
which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Which I have reserved for a time of distress, for the day of conflict and of war?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war?

Revised Standard Version
which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?

Young's Literal Translation
That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle?

Contextual Overview

¹² "Did you ever in your life command the morning to begin or the day to dawn? ¹³ Did you ever tell the morning light to grab the earth and shake those who are evil out of their hiding places? ¹⁴ The morning light makes the hills and valleys easy to see. When the daylight comes to the earth, the shapes of these places stand out like the folds of a coat. They take shape like soft clay that is pressed with a stamp. ¹⁵ Evil people don't like the daylight. When it shines bright, it keeps them from doing the bad things they do. ¹⁶ "Have you ever gone to the deepest parts of the sea? Have you ever walked on the ocean bottom? ¹⁷ Has anyone shown you the gates to the world of the dead? Have you ever seen those gates that lead to the dark place of death? ¹⁸ Do you really understand how big the earth is? Tell me, if you know all this. ¹⁹ "Where does light come from? Where does darkness come from? ²⁰ Can you take them back to where they belong? Do you know how to get there? ²¹ Surely you know these things, since you are so old and wise. You were alive when I made them, weren't you?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Job 36:31, Job 36:13, Exodus 9:18, Exodus 9:24, Joshua 10:11, Isaiah 30:30, Ezekiel 13:11-13, Matthew 7:27, Revelation 16:21

Reciprocal: Exodus 9:23 - and hail Psalms 135:7 - he bringeth Psalms 147:17 - casteth Revelation 11:19 - and great

Cross-References

2 Samuel 12:9
So why did you ignore my command? Why did you do what I say is wrong? You let the Ammonites kill Uriah the Hittite, and you took his wife. It is as if you yourself killed Uriah in war.

Proverbs 6:33
He will suffer disease and disgrace and never be free from the shame.

Romans 6:21
You did evil things, and now you are ashamed of what you did. Did those things help you? No, they only brought death.

2 Corinthians 4:2
But we have turned away from secret and shameful ways. We don't use trickery, and we don't change the teaching of God. We teach the truth plainly. This is how we show people who we are. And this is how they can know in their hearts what kind of people we are before God.

Ephesians 5:12
Actually, it is shameful to even talk about the things those people do in secret.

Revelation 16:15
"Listen! I will come at a time you don't expect, like a thief. Great blessings belong to those who stay awake and keep their clothes with them. They will not have to go without clothes and be ashamed for people to see them."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble,.... For the punishment or affliction of men; and is explained as follows,

against the day of battle and war? as his artillery and ammunition to light his enemies with. Of hail we have instances in Scripture, as employed against the Egyptians and Canaanites, Exodus 9:25; and of a reserve of it in the purposes of God, and in prophecy against the day of battle with antichrist, Revelation 16:21; and so Jarchi interprets it here of the war of Gog and Magog. And though there are no instances of snow being used in this way in Scripture, yet there is in history. Strabo s reports, that at Corzena and Cambysena, which join to Mount Caucasus, such snows have fallen, that whole companies of men have been swallowed up in them; and even armies have been overwhelmed with them, as the army of the Gauls t; and such quantities have been thrown down from mountains, on which they have been lodged, that towns, towers, and villages, have been laid prostrate by them u; and in the year 443, a vast snow destroyed many w. Frequently do we hear in our parts of the disasters occasioned by them. The Targum particularly makes mention of snow; and renders it, "which snow I have reserved", &c. though absurdly applies it to punishment in hell.

s Geograph. l. 11. p. 363. t Cicero de Divinatione, l. 1. u Olaus Magu. de Ritu Gent. Septent. l. 2. c. 13. w Whiston's Chronolog. Tables, cent. 20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which I have reserved - As if they were carefully treasured up to be brought forth as they shall be needed. The idea is, that they were entirely under the direction of God.

The time of trouble - Herder “the time of need.” The meaning probably is, that he had kept them in reserve for the time when he wished to bring calamity on his enemies, or that he made use of them to punish his foes; compare the notes at Job 36:31-33.

Against the day of battle and war - Hailstones were employed by God sometimes to overwhelm his foes, and were sent against them in time of battle; see Joshua 10:11; Exodus 9:22-26; Psalms 18:12-13; compare the notes at Isaiah 29:6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 38:23. Reserved against the time of trouble — לעת צר leeth tsar, "to the season of strictness," i.e., the season when the earth is constringed or bound by the frost.

Against the day of battle and war? — Hailstones being often employed as instruments of God's displeasure against his enemies, and the enemies of his people. There is probably an allusion here to the plague of hail sent on the Egyptians. See Exodus 9:23, and the notes there, for more particulars concerning hailstones, remarkable showers of them, c. There may be also a reference to Joshua 10:10-11, where a destructive shower of what are called hailstones fell upon the Canaanitish kings who fought against Israel. See the note there also.