Job 3:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 3:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 3:14 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 3:14 — KJV
“With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;”
— Job 3:14 (KJV)
Job 3:14 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 3:14
“The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,”
Shares key themes with Job 3:14: kings, earth, themselves
“When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;”
Shares key themes with Job 3:14: earth, desolate, places
“And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;”
Shares key themes with Job 3:14: kings, earth, themselves
“And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.”
Shares key themes with Job 3:14: earth, themselves
“And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.”
Shares key themes with Job 3:14: earth, themselves
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