Job 31:23
For the fear of the Lord constrained me, 1 And I cannot bear up by reason of his burden. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
22Let then my shoulder start from the bladebone, 1 And my arm be crushed off from the elbow. 1
24If I made gold my treasure, 1 And if too I trusted the precious stone; 1
Cross References
Job 13:11Shall not his whirlpool sweep you round, 1 And terror from him fall upon you? 1
Job 21:20Let his eyes see his own destruction, 1 And let him not be saved by the Lord. 1
Job 42:5I have heard the report of thee by the ear before; 1 But now mine eye has seen thee. 1
Joel 1:15Alas, alas, alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is nigh, and it will come as trouble upon trouble.
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 →