God’s Word Translation
Job 13:11
11Doesn’t his majesty terrify you? Doesn’t the fear of him fall upon you?
Job 13:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
- New International Version (NIV)Would not his splendor terrify you? Would not the dread of him fall on you?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Will not His excellence make you afraid, And the dread of Him fall upon you?
Context of Job 13:11
9Will it go well when he cross-examines you? Will you try to trick him as one mortal tricks another? 10Will he really defend you if you secretly favor ⌞him⌟? Doesn’t his majesty terrify you? Doesn’t the fear of him fall upon you? 12“Your recollections are worthless proverbs. Your answers are absolutely useless. 13Be quiet, because I want to speak. Let whatever may happen to me ⌞happen⌟!
Read all of Job 13Job 13:11 word by word
הֲלֹ֣א שְׂ֭אֵתוֹ תְּבַעֵ֣ת אֶתְכֶ֑ם וּ֝פַחְדּ֗וֹ יִפֹּ֥ל עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 13:11
- Psalms 119:120My body shudders in fear of you, and I am afraid of your regulations.
- Jeremiah 5:22Don’t you fear me?” asks the Lord. “Don’t you tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it cannot cross. Although the waves toss continuously, they can’t break through. Although they roar, they can’t cross it.
- Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the only God. He is the living God and eternal king. The earth trembles when he is angry. The nations can’t endure his fury.
- Matthew 10:28Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.
- Revelation 15:3and singing the song of God’s servant Moses and the song of the lamb. They sang, “The things you do are spectacular and amazing, Lord God Almighty. The way you do them is fair and true, King of the Nations.
- Job 13:21Stop oppressing me. Don’t let your terror frighten me.
- Exodus 15:16Terror and dread will fall on them. Because of the power of your arm, they will be petrified until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people you purchased pass by.
- Isaiah 8:13Remember that the Lord of Armies is holy. He is the one you should fear and the one you should be terrified of.
Commentaries on Job 13:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11His dread fall upon you? - The very apprehension of his wrath is sufficient to crush you to nothing.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Shall not his excellency - His exaltation שׂאת śe'êth from נשׂא nâśâ' to exalt, to lift up), or his majesty, Genesis 49:3. Make you afraid - Fill you with awe and reverence. Shall it not restrain you from fallacy, from sophisms, and from all presumptuous and unfounded reasoning? The sense here is, that a sense of the greatness and majesty of God should fill the mind with solemnity and reverence, and make us serious and sincere; should repress all…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. make you afraid?--namely, of employing sophisms in His name (Jr 10:7, 10).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 13
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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