Job 23:16
For God has made my heart faint, and the Almighty has terrified me,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
In Context
15Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.
17because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:3and shall say to them, Hear, O Israel, ye draw near this day to battle against your enemies. Let not your heart faint. Fear not, nor tremble, neither be ye frightened at them.
Job 16:12I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yea, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his mark.
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
Isaiah 6:5Then I said, Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips. For my eyes have seen the King, LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah 51:46And let not your heart faint. Neither fear ye for the news that shall be heard in the land. For news shall come one year, and after that in another year, news, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
Matthew Henry on Job 23:14-17
Job's Comfort in His Integrity. ( b. c. 1520.) 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. 15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. 16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. Some make Job to complain here that… Read the whole commentary →