For 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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Verse 25 is found in chapter 3 of Job. Job asks why life is given to those who suffer and wait for death. The section ends by revealing that his anguish is not an isolated episode: what he feared has happened, and his peace has disappeared. The language portrays an experience of existential disorientation in which even the life granted by God seems difficult to understand.
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Denn was ich gefürchtet habe ist über mich gekommen, und was ich sorgte, hat mich getroffen.
Porque el temor que me espantaba me ha venido, Y hame acontecido lo que temía.
Lo que tanto temía me ha sobrevenido; lo que me aterraba me ha sucedido.
Ce que je crains, c'est ce qui m'arrive; Ce que je redoute, c'est ce qui m'atteint.
Perchè ciò di che io avea spavento mi è avvenuto, E mi è sopraggiunto quello di che avea paura.
Porque aquilo que temia me sobreveio; e o que receava me aconteceu.
因我所恐懼的臨到我, 我所懼怕的迎向我;
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