Job 28:22
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 28:22 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 28:22 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 28:22 — KJV
“Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.”
— Job 28:22 (KJV)
Job 28:22 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 28:22
“And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. pleased...: Heb. was good in the eyes of Pharaoh”
Shares key themes with Job 28:22: say, heard, fame
“Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. This man...: Heb. The judgment of death is for this man”
Shares key themes with Job 28:22: death, say, heard
“Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,”
Shares key themes with Job 28:22: say, heard, fame
“My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. his...: or, to the borders thereof, even to Zoar, as an heifer destruction: Heb. breaking”
Shares key themes with Job 28:22: destruction, thereof, ears
“Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.”
Shares key themes with Job 28:22: say, heard, ears
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