Job 31:23
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
KJV
Semper enim quasi tumentes super me fluctus timui Deum, et pondus ejus ferre non potui.
Vulgate
φόβος γὰρ συνέσχεν με, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ λήμματος αὐτοῦ οὐχ ὑποίσω.
LXX
For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.
ASV
כִּ֤י פַ֣חַד אֵ֭לַ/י אֵ֣יד אֵ֑ל וּ֝/מִ/שְּׂאֵת֗/וֹ לֹ֣א אוּכָֽל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
וֹ
v
noun · 14×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
noun · 24×
פַּ֣חַד
pchd
noun · 49×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Cor 5:11 — Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
- 2Cor 5:11 — Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
- Gen 39:9 — There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
- Isa 2:10 — Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
- Isa 13:6 — Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
- Isa 13:6 — Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
- Jer 17:17 — Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
- Job 3:25 — For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
- Job 13:11 — Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
- Job 13:11 — Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
- Job 23:15 — Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
- Job 30:15 — Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
- Josh 24:27 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest y
- Neh 5:15 — But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the peop
- Ps 76:7 — Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
- Ps 77:3 — I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
- Ps 119:120 — My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
- Ps 119:161 — Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.