New English Translation
Job 33:7
7Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you.
Job 33:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
- New International Version (NIV)No fear of me should alarm you, nor should my hand be heavy on you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, no fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy upon you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Surely no fear of me will terrify you, Nor will my hand be heavy on you.
Context of Job 33:7
5Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand! 6Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay. Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you. 8“Indeed, you have said in my hearing (I heard the sound of the words!): 9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.
Read all of Job 33Job 33:7 word by word
הִנֵּ֣ה אֵ֭מָתִי לֹ֣א תְבַעֲתֶ֑ךָּ וְ֝אַכְפִּ֗י עָלֶ֥יךָ לֹא־יִכְבָּֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 33:7
- Job 9:34who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid.
- Job 13:21Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror.
- Psalms 88:16Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.
- Psalms 32:4For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer. (Selah)
Commentaries on Job 33:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7My terror shall not make thee afraid - This is an allusion to what Job had said, Job 9:34; : "Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me." Being thy equal, no fear can impose upon thee so far as to overawe thee; so that thou shouldst not be able to conduct thy own defense. We are on equal terms; now prepare to defend thyself.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Behold my terror shall not make thee afraid - Job had earnestly desired to carry his cause directly before God, but he had expressed the apprehension that he would overawe him by his majesty, so that he would not be able to manage his plea with the calmness and self-possession which were desirable. He had, therefore, expressed it as his earnest wish, that if he were so permitted, God would not take advantage of his majesty and power to confound him; see…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7no fear of me should terrify you: Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar had tried to use God's terrors to scare Job (15:21, 24; 22:10; 18:11, 14; 20:25; 6:4; 7:14; 9:34; 13:21; 23:15). Elihu promised not to be harsh with Job, but he later violated his promise (34:7–9, 33–37).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. hand--alluding to Job's words (Job 13:21).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Job 33
- 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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