New King James Version
Job 13:11
11Will not His excellence make you afraid, And the dread 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 Living Translation (NLT)Doesn’t his majesty terrify you? Doesn’t your fear of him overwhelm you?
Context of Job 13:11
9Will it be well when He searches you out? Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man? 10He will surely rebuke you If you secretly show partiality. Will not His excellence make you afraid, And the dread of Him fall upon you? 12Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay. 13“Hold your peace with me, and let me speak, Then let come on me what may!
Read all of Job 13Job 13:11 word by word
הֲלֹ֣א שְׂ֭אֵתוֹ תְּבַעֵ֣ת אֶתְכֶ֑ם וּ֝פַחְדּ֗וֹ יִפֹּ֥ל עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 13:11
- Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles for fear of You, And I am afraid of Your judgments.
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord. ‘Will you not tremble at My presence, Who have placed the sand as the bound of the sea, By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it? And though its waves toss to and fro, Yet they cannot prevail; Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.
- Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth will tremble, And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.
- Matthew 10:28And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Revelation 15:3They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: “Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!
- Job 13:21Withdraw Your hand far from me, And let not the dread of You make me afraid.
- Exodus 15:16Fear and dread will fall on them; By the greatness of Your arm They will be as still as a stone, Till Your people pass over, O Lord, Till the people pass over Whom You have purchased.
- Isaiah 8:13The Lord of hosts, Him you shall hallow; Let Him be your fear, And let Him be your dread.
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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