23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
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Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
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.
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
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…
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