He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
Job 31:23 - New Revised Standard Version For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty. 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. |
He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people, and took food and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you?
To fill their belly to the full God will send his fierce anger into them, and rain it upon them as their food.
Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Terrors are turned upon me; my honor is pursued as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.
Does not calamity befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers of iniquity?
My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.
But you indeed are awesome! Who can stand before you when once your anger is roused?
Wretched and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.
Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty!
Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.
Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others; but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences.