there is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Job 31:23 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For destruction from God was a terror to me, And by reason of his highness I could not endure. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For calamity from God was a terror to me, and because of His majesty I could not endure [to face Him] and could do nothing. [Isa. 13:6; Joel 1:15.] American Standard Version (1901) For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing. Common English Bible for God’s calamity is terror to me; I couldn’t endure his splendor. Catholic Public Domain Version For I have always feared God, like waves flowing over me, whose weight I was unable to bear. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me; and his weight I was not able to bear. |
there is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
Hast thou an arm like God? Or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.