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

14For He fulfills the decree against me, and many such things are with Him. 15That is why I am terrified at His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him. God has made my heart faint; Shaddai has terrified me. 17Yet I am not silenced because of the darkness, nor by the thick darkness that covers my face.”

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 22:14They open wide their mouths against me, like a tearing, roaring lion.
• Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Oy to me! For I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I am dwelling among a people of unclean lips. For my eyes have seen the King, Adonai-Tzva’ot!”
• Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry, for the spirit would grow weak before Me, the breath of those whom I made.
• Job 27:2“As God lives, who has deprived me of justice, Shaddai who has made my soul bitter,
• Ruth 1:20“Do not call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara—since Shaddai has made my life bitter.
• Psalms 88:16From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death. I suffer Your terrors—I am desperate!
• Joel 1:15Ah, the day! The day of Adonai is near! As havoc from Shaddai it will come.

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
• Bitter
• Complaint

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