Job 31:23
For dreaded by me was the calamitous punishment of God, and against his highness I can accomplish nothing.
Leeser Tanakh
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 may my shoulder fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the channel-bone;
24If I have made gold my confidence, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my trust:
Cross References
Job 13:11Doth not his excellency terrify you? and his dread fall upon you?
Job 21:20His own eyes ought to see his downfall, and from the wrath of the Almighty ought he to drink.
Job 42:5I had only heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; but now my eye hath seen thee.
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembleth shudderingly from dread of thee, and of thy decrees am I afraid.
Joel 1:15Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and like destruction from the Almighty will it 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 →