Job 31:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²³For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

Job 31:23 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 13:11
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
Psalms 119:120
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
2 Corinthians 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.
Isaiah 13:6
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Psalms 76:7
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Conscience Conscientiousness Faith Fear Honesty Integrity Measure

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16-23)

Eliphaz had particularly charged Job with unmercifulness to the poor (Job 22:6-9): Thou hast withholden bread from the hungry, stripped the naked of their clothing, and sent widows away empty. One would think he could not have been so very positive and express in his charge unless there had been some truth in it, some ground, for it; and yet it appears, by Job’s protestation, that it was utterly f…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 23)

13-23. Job affirms his freedom from unfairness towards his servants, from harshness and oppression towards the needy. despise the cause--refused to do them justice.