Job 31:23
For calamity from God is a terror to me, and I can do nothing because of his majesty.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
In Context
22then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
24If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, [Thou are] my confidence;
Cross References
Job 13:11Shall not his majesty make you afraid, and his dread fall upon you?
Job 21:20Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 42:5I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee.
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Joel 1:15Alas for the day! For the day of LORD is at hand, and it shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:17-24
Job's Compassion to the Poor. ( b. c. 1520.) 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I… Read the whole commentary →