Job 31:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:11 : 11 Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?
  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.
  • Isa 13:6 : 6 Wail, for the LORD’s day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the Sovereign One.
  • Joel 1:15 : 15 How awful that day will be! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.
  • 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 The Message of Reconciliation Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.
  • Job 20:23 : 23 “While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.
  • Job 21:20 : 20 Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the anger of the Almighty.
  • Job 40:9 : 9 Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
  • Job 42:5-6 : 5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you. 6 Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!
  • Ps 76:7 : 7 You are awesome! Yes, you! Who can withstand your intense anger?
  • Gen 39:9 : 9 There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 23:15-17
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    15That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him.

    16Indeed, God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

    17Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

  • Job 31:22
    79%

    22then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.

  • Job 9:34-35
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    78%

    34who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid.

    35Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me.

  • Job 3:25-26
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    76%

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

    26I have no ease, I have no quietness; I cannot rest; turmoil has come upon me.”

  • Ps 55:4-5
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    4My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.

    5Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me.

  • Job 31:24
    76%

    24“If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold,‘You are my security!’

  • Job 31:34
    75%

    34because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors–

  • Job 13:21
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    21Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror.

  • Job 6:9-10
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    9And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.

    10Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 31:28-29
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    28then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.

    29If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him–

  • Job 9:28
    74%

    28I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.

  • Job 4:14
    74%

    14dread gripped me and trembling, which made all my bones shake.

  • Job 21:6
    74%

    6For, when I think about this, I am terrified and my body feels a shudder.

  • Job 33:7
    74%

    7Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you.

  • Job 16:12
    74%

    12I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;

  • Job 37:1
    73%

    1At this also my heart pounds and leaps from its place.

  • Ps 39:10
    73%

    10Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

  • Deut 32:27
    73%

    27But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say,“Our power is great, and the LORD has not done all this!”’

  • Lam 3:11
    73%

    11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • Isa 21:4
    72%

    4My heart palpitates, I shake in fear; the twilight I desired has brought me terror.

  • Job 31:12
    72%

    12For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.

  • Job 13:14-15
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    72%

    14Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?

    15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!

  • Job 19:9-10
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    72%

    9He has stripped me of my honor and has taken the crown off my head.

    10He tears me down on every side until I perish; he uproots my hope like an uprooted tree.

  • Prov 1:27
    72%

    27when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.

  • Job 6:13
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    13Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?

  • Job 6:4
    72%

    4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.

  • Job 23:6-7
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    72%

    6Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.

    7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Job 41:9-10
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    72%

    9(41:1) See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.

    10Is it not fierce when it is awakened? Who is he, then, who can stand before it?

  • Ps 31:22
    71%

    22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

  • Job 15:24
    71%

    24Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,

  • Hab 3:16
    71%

    16Habakkuk Declares His Confidence I listened and my stomach churned; the sound made my lips quiver. My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying, and I shook as I tried to walk. I long for the day of distress to come upon the people who attack us.

  • Ps 73:16
    71%

    16When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.

  • Ps 88:16
    71%

    16Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.

  • Lam 3:18
    71%

    18So I said,“My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the LORD.”

  • Job 10:20
    71%

    20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

  • Job 41:25
    71%

    25When it rises up, the mighty are terrified, at its thrashing about they withdraw.

  • Job 30:15
    71%

    15Terrors are turned loose on me; they drive away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.

  • Lam 1:13
    71%

    13מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.

  • Ps 31:11
    71%

    11Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering– those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.