Job 23:15
a Therefore let me take good heed before him: 1 I will consider, and be afraid of him. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
In Context
16But the Lord has softened my heart, 1 And the Almighty has troubled me. 1
Cross References
Job 10:15Or if I should be ungodly, woe is me: 1 And if I should be righteous, I cannot lift myself up, 1 For I am full of dishonor. 1
Job 31:23For the fear of the Lord constrained me, 1 And I cannot bear up by reason of his burden. 1
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 →