Job 31:23
For, a dread unto me, was calamity from GOD, and, from his majesty, I could not escape.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, my shoulder, from the shoulder-blade, fall, and, my arm, from the upper bone, be broken;
24If I made gold my stay, and, to precious metal, said, My confidence!
Cross References
Job 13:11Shall not, his majesty, overwhelm you? and, the dread of him, fall upon you?
Job 21:20His own eyes, shall see his misfortune, and, the wrath of the Almighty, shall he drink.
Job 42:5By the hearing of the ear, had I heard thee, but, now, mine own eye, hath seen thee.
Psalms 119:120My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.
Joel 1:15Alas for the day! For near is the day of Yahweh, and, as a veritable Destruction from the Destroyer, 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 →