Job 31:23
For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
Majority Standard Bible
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 arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.
24If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
Cross References
Job 13:11Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
Job 21:20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 42:5My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
Joel 1:15Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and 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 →