Job 31:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

For destruction from God was a terror to me, and because of His majesty I could not endure.

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  • Job 13:11 : 11 Shall not his excellence make you afraid, and his dread fall upon you?
  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembles for fear of You, and I am afraid of Your judgments.
  • Isa 13:6 : 6 Howl; for the day of the LORD is near; it will come as a destruction from the Almighty.
  • Joel 1:15 : 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty it shall come.
  • 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I hope are well known also in your consciences.
  • Job 20:23 : 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
  • Job 21:20 : 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
  • Job 40:9 : 9 Do you have an arm like God, or can you thunder with a voice like him?
  • Job 42:5-6 : 5 I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You. 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
  • Ps 76:7 : 7 You, even You, are to be feared; and who may stand in Your sight when once You are angry?
  • Gen 39:9 : 9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

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    22Then let my arm fall from my shoulder blade, and let my arm be broken at the bone.

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    34Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His fear terrify me:

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    25For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me.

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    4My heart is in anguish within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

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    24If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'

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    34Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, so that I kept silent and went not out of the door?

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    21Withdraw your hand far from me, and let not your dread make me afraid.

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    9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

    10Then I should still have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow. Let him not spare, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 31:28-29
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    28This also would be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied the God above.

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    28I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that You will not hold me innocent.

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    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

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    4My heart pounded, fearfulness frightened me; the night that I delighted in has been turned into terror for me.

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    12For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

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    9He has stripped me of my glory and taken the crown from my head.

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