Job 23:16 “God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.”

Job 23:16

God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

World English Bible

For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me.

American Standard Version

For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;

Geneva Bible 1599

For God hath softened mine heart, and the Almightie hath troubled me.

Darby Translation

For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;

Young's Literal Translation

And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.

Bible in Basic English

For God has made my heart feeble, and my mind is troubled before the Ruler of all.

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Cross references

“For God”

Psalm 22:14 Isaiah 6:5 Isaiah 57:16

Psalm 22:14 · BSB

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

Isaiah 6:5 · BSB

Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

Isaiah 57:16 · BSB

For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me— the breath of life I have made.

“Almighty”

Job 27:2 Psalm 88:16 Ruth 1:20 Joel 1:15

Job 27:2 · BSB

“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—

Psalm 88:16 · BSB

Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.

Ruth 1:20 · BSB

“Do not call me Naomi, ” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.

Joel 1:15 · BSB

Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Also

Deuteronomy 20:3 Jeremiah 51:46

Deuteronomy 20:3 · BSB

saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.

Jeremiah 51:46 · BSB

Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year— and then another the next year— of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.

17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

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