Job 31:23

American Standard Version (1901)

For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:11 : 11 Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall upon you?
  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.
  • Isa 13:6 : 6 Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
  • Joel 1:15 : 15 Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
  • 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
  • Job 20:23 : 23 When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.
  • Job 21:20 : 20 Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
  • Job 40:9 : 9 Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
  • Job 42:5-6 : 5 I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee: 6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
  • Ps 76:7 : 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared; And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
  • Gen 39:9 : 9 he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

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  • Job 23:15-17
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    15Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him.

    16For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;

    17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

  • Job 31:22
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    22Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.

  • Job 9:34-35
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    34Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:

    35Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.

  • Job 3:25-26
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    76%

    25For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

    26I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.

  • Ps 55:4-5
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    4My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

    5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.

  • Job 31:24
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    24If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;

  • Job 31:34
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    34Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door--

  • Job 13:21
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    21Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.

  • Job 6:9-10
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    9Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

    10And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 31:28-29
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    28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.

    29If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

  • Job 9:28
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    28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

  • Job 4:14
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    14Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake.

  • Job 21:6
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    6Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.

  • Job 33:7
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    7Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.

  • Job 16:12
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    12I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.

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    1Yea, at this my heart trembleth, And is moved out of its place.

  • Ps 39:10
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    10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.

  • Deut 32:27
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    27Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.

  • Lam 3:11
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    11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

  • Isa 21:4
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    4My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.

  • Job 31:12
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    12For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

  • Job 13:14-15
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    14Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?

    15Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

  • Job 19:9-10
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    9He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.

    10He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

  • Prov 1:27
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    27When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.

  • Job 6:13
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    13Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?

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    4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  • Job 23:6-7
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    6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

    7There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • Job 41:9-10
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    9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

    10None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?

  • Ps 31:22
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    22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

  • Job 15:24
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    24Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

  • Hab 3:16
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    16I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people that invadeth us.

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    16When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;

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    16Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

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    18And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.

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    20Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

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    25When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.

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    15Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.

  • Lam 1:13
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    13From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

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    11Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintance: They that did see me without fled from me.