Job 23:16
For God has made my heart weak; 1 the Almighty has terrified me. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
In Context
15Therefore, I am terrified in his presence; 1 when I think about him, I am afraid of him. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:3He must say to them, 'Listen, Israel, you are going to battle against your enemies. Do not let your hearts faint. Do not fear or tremble. Do not be afraid of them.
Job 16:12I was at ease, and he broke me apart. 1 Indeed, he has taken me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; 1 he has also set me up as his target. 1
Psalms 22:14I am being poured out like water, 1 and all my bones are dislocated. 1 My heart is like wax; 1 it melts away within my inner parts. 1
Isaiah 6:5Then I said, 1 “Woe is me! For I am doomed because I am a man of unclean lips, 1 and I live among a people of unclean lips, 1 because my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh, Yahweh of hosts!”
Jeremiah 51:46Do not let your hearts be timid or fear the news that is heard in the land, 1 for the news will come one year. After it in the next year there will be news, 1 and violence will be in the land. Ruler will be against ruler. 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 →