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

14He will do to me everything that he has decided to do. He has plans to do many things like this. 15Because of that, I am afraid of him. When I think about all these things, I am very afraid. God has made me become weak with fear. Almighty God has frightened me. 17Because of all my troubles, I seem to be in a very dark place. The darkness seems to cover me. But I will not be afraid to speak.

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 22:14My strength has gone, like water that is poured away. My bones do not join together properly. I feel weak inside and hope has disappeared.
• Isaiah 6:5Then I said, ‘It is bad for me! My life is at an end! I have lips that are unclean. I live among people with lips that are unclean. With my own eyes I have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.’
• Isaiah 57:16I will not always speak against my people. I will not be angry with them for ever. I do not want them to lose hope completely. I myself gave life to them.
• Job 27:2‘Almighty God has not been fair to me. He has caused my life to be very sad. As surely as he lives, I promise this:
• Ruth 1:20Naomi said to them, ‘Do not call me Naomi. Call me Mara, instead. The Almighty God has made my life very sad.
• Psalms 88:16Your anger is too much for me! You are attacking me and destroying me!
• Joel 1:15Be afraid because of that day. Be afraid because the day of the Lord is near. It will be as if the great God would destroy everything.

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
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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