Job 23:16
But the Lord has softened my heart, 1 And the Almighty has troubled me. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
In Context
15a Therefore let me take good heed before him: 1 I will consider, and be afraid of him. 1
17For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, 1 And thick darkness has covered me before my face.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:3Hear, O Israel; ye are going this day to battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint, fear not, neither be confounded, neither turn aside from their face.
Job 16:12When I was at peace he distracted me: 1 He took me by the hair of the head, and plucked it out: 1 He set me up as a mark. 1
Isaiah 6:5And I said, Woe is me, for I am pricked to the heart; for being a man, and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a people having unclean lips; and I have seen with mine eyes the King, the Lord of hosts.
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 →