Job 31:23
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
King James Version
In Context
22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
Cross References
Job 13:11Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
Job 21:20His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 42:5I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Joel 1:15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
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 →