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Job 23:16

For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

KJV

Deus mollivit cor meum, et Omnipotens conturbavit me.

Vulgate

Κύριος δὲ ἐμαλάκυνεν τὴν καρδίαν μου, ὁ δὲ παντοκράτωρ ἐσπούδασέν με.

LXX

For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;

ASV

וְ֭/אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑/י וְ֝/שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽ/נִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
הוּ
hv
verb · 38×
י
y
noun · 591×
רַךְ
rk
verb · 8×
שַׁדַּ֣י
shdy
proper_noun · 48×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 20:3 — And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
  • Isa 6:5 — Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
  • Job 27:2 — As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
  • Ps 22:14 — I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
  • Ps 22:14 — I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
  • Ps 88:16 — Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.