Job 23:16

Job 23:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
• New International Version (NIV)God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me;
• New King James Version (NKJV)For God made my heart weak, And the Almighty terrifies me;

Context of Job 23:16

14For He performs what is planned (appointed) for me, And He is mindful of many such things. 15Therefore I would be terrified at His presence; When I consider [all of this], I tremble in dread of Him. For 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 23:16 word by word

וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• maketh my heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• softרָכַךְrâkak · be tenderH7401
• and the Almightyשַׁדַּיshadday · AlmightyH7706
• troublethבָּהַלbâhal · to dismayH926

Cross-references for Job 23:16

• Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; It is melted [by anguish] within me.
• Isaiah 6:5Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am ruined, Because I am a man of [ceremonially] unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”
• Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend forever, Nor will I always be angry; For [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would grow weak before Me, And the breath of those whom I have created.
• Job 27:2“As God lives, who has taken away my right and denied me justice, And the Almighty, who has caused bitterness and grief for my soul,
• Ruth 1:20She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi (sweetness); call me Mara (bitter), for the Almighty has caused me great grief and bitterness.
• Psalms 88:16Your fierce wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
• Joel 1:15Alas for the day! For the [judgment] day of the Lord is at hand, And it will come [upon the nation] as a destruction from the Almighty.

Commentaries on Job 23:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16For God maketh my heart soft - Prostrates my strength, deprives me of courage, so that I sink beneath my burden, and I am troubled at the thought of the Almighty, the self-sufficient and eternal Being.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16For God maketh my heart soft - That is, “faint.” He takes away my strength; compare the notes at Isaiah 7:4. This effect was produced on Job by the contemplation of the eternal plan and the power of God.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. 1616. soft--faint; hath melted my courage. Here again Job's language is that of Jesus Christ (Psa 22:14).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 23:16

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Doubting
• Heart

In the dictionaries

• God
• Bitter
• Complaint

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