Job 23:15
For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
In Context
14Surely he will accomplish what is decreed for me, and, many such things, hath he in store.
16Yea, GOD, hath made timid my heart, and, the Almighty, hath put me in terror.
Cross References
Job 10:15If I have been lawless, alas for me! Or, if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, Surfeited with shame, look thou then on my humiliation.
Job 31:23For, a dread unto me, was calamity from GOD, and, from his majesty, I could not escape.
Psalms 119:120My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.
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 →