Job 20:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

It is drawn - literally, 'He (God) draweth (the sword, Joshua 5:13), and (no sooner has He done so, than) it cometh out of (i:e., passes right through) the (sinner's) body' (Deuteronomy 32:41-42; Ezekiel 21:9-10). 'The glittering sword' is in the Hebrew "lightning" х baaraaq (H1300)].

Gall - i:e., his life (Job 16:13) 'inflicts a deadly wound.'

Terrors - the terrors of death, which with horror he perceives approaching through the deadly wound. Zophar repeats Bildad's words (Job 18:11; Psalms 88:16; Psalms 55:4).

Job 20:25

25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.