Job 31:23
Since I'm terrified of what punishment God may have in store for me, and because of his majesty, I could never do this.
Free Bible 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 be pulled from its joint, my arm wrenched out of its socket.
24Have I put my trust in gold, calling fine gold, ‘My security’?
Cross References
Job 13:11Isn't his majesty terrifying to you? Aren't you so afraid of him you're paralyzed?
Job 21:20Let them see their destruction themselves, and drink deeply from God's anger.
Job 42:5Before, I had only heard about you, but now I've seen you for myself.
Psalms 119:120I have goose bumps thinking of you—I'm in awe! I'm scared of your judgments!
Joel 1:15What a terrible day! For the day of the Lord is near, it will 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 →