Job 31:23
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
- KJV
- For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
- WEB
- For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.
- ASV
- For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.
- DARBY
- For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.
- BLB
- For a calamity from God [is] dread to me, and His majesty I cannot overpower.
- ÅB
- For Guds straff fylte meg med redsel, og mot hans velde maktet jeg intet.
- OTB
- For frykten for ulykke fra Gud er overveldende for meg,
Og på grunn av Hans majestet er jeg maktesløs. - B1930
- For Guds straff fylte mig med redsel, og mot hans velde maktet jeg intet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 13:11
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
Read in contextPsalms 119:120
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:11
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
Read in contextPsalms 76:7
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Read in contextIsaiah 13:6
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Read in contextGenesis 39:9
There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Read in contextJob 20:23
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
Read in contextJoel 1:15
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
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