Job 31:23
For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.
Bible in Basic English
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
22May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.
24If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;
Cross References
Job 13:11Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him?
Job 21:20Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!
Job 42:5Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.
Psalms 119:120My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions.
Joel 1:15Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it will come.
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 →