Job 23:16
God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
In Context
15And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:3Hear, O Israel, you join battle this day against your enemies, let not your heart be dismayed, be not afraid, do not give back, fear ye them not:
Job 16:12God hath shut me up with the unjust man, and hath delivered me into the hands of the wicked.
Psalms 22:14They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.
Isaiah 6:5And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 51:46And lest your hearts faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land : and a rumour shall come in one year, and after this year another rumour: and iniquity in the land, and ruler upon 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 →