Job 23:15

Job 23:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
• New International Version (NIV)That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I am terrified at His presence; When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.

Context of Job 23:15

13But He is unique and unchangeable, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does. 14For He performs what is planned (appointed) for me, And He is mindful of many such things. Therefore I would be terrified at His presence; When I consider [all of this], I tremble in dread of Him. 16For God has made my heart faint, And the Almighty has terrified me, 17But I am not silenced by the darkness [of these woes that fell on me], Nor by the thick darkness which covers my face.

Job 23:15 word by word

עַל־כֵּ֭ן מִפָּנָ֣יו אֶבָּהֵ֑ל אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן וְאֶפְחַ֥ד מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore am I troubledבָּהַלbâhal · to dismayH926
• at his presenceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• when I considerבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• I am afraidפָּחַדpâchad · to dreadH6342

Cross-references for Job 23:15

• Job 23:3Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might [even] come to His seat!
• Job 10:15If I am wicked, woe to me [for judgment comes]! And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head. For I am sated and filled with disgrace and the sight of my misery.
• Job 31:23For tragedy from God is a terror to me, And because of His majesty and exaltation I can do nothing [nor endure facing Him].
• Psalms 77:3I remember God; then I am disquieted and I groan; I sigh [in prayer], and my spirit grows faint. Selah.
• Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in [reverent] fear of You, And I am afraid and in awe of Your judgments.
• Habakkuk 3:16I heard and my whole inner self trembled; My lips quivered at the sound. Decay and rottenness enter my bones, And I tremble in my place. Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress, For the people to arise who will invade and attack us.

Commentaries on Job 23:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Therefore am I troubled - I do not as yet see an end to my afflictions: he has not exhausted his means of trial; therefore, when I consider this, I am afraid of him.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Therefore am I troubled at his presence - The doctrine of divine purposes and decrees “is fitted to impress the mind with awe.” So vast are the plans of God; so uncertain to us is it what will be developed next; so impossible is it to resist God when he comes forth to execute his plans, that they fill the mind with reverence and fear. And this is one of the objects for which the doctrine is revealed. It is designed to rebuke the soul that is filled with…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 As Job does not once question but that his trials are from the hand of God, and that there is no such thing as chance, how does he account for them? The principle on which he views them is, that the hope and reward of the faithful servants of God are only laid up in another life; and he maintains that it is plain to all, that the wicked are not treated according to their deserts in this life, but often directly the reverse. But though the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-17Terrified in His presence: See Psalms 77:3; 88:16; 119:120. Job had earlier complained about being in darkness (Job 19:8). Eliphaz and Bildad said this fate is for the evil person (15:22; 22:1; 18:6, 18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. God's decrees, impossible to be resisted, and leaving us in the dark as to what may come next, are calculated to fill the mind with holy awe [Barnes].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 23:15

• Doubting

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Job 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings