Job 13:11

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

9Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him? 10He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons. Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? 12Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. 13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

Job 13:11 word by word

הֲלֹ֣א שְׂ֭אֵתוֹ תְּבַעֵ֣ת אֶתְכֶ֑ם וּ֝פַחְדּ֗וֹ יִפֹּ֥ל עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Shall not his excellencyשְׂאֵתώe'êth · elevationH7613
• make you afraidבָּעַתbâ‛ath · to terrifyH1204
• and his dreadפַּ֫חַדpachad · dreadH6343
• fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307

Cross-references for Job 13:11

• Psalms 119:120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
• Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not me? saith Yhwh: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
• Jeremiah 10:10But Yhwh is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
• Matthew 10:28And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Revelation 15:3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
• Job 13:21Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
• Exodus 15:16Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Yhwh, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
• Isaiah 8:13Sanctify Yhwh of Armies himself; and 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

Topics related to Job 13:11

• God
• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Dread
• Motheaten
• Spend
• Value
• Excellency
• How

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