Job 23:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.”
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BSBPD
“God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 23:16 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 20:3saying 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.
- Ruth 1:20“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
- Job 16:12I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
- Job 27:2“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
- Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
- Psalms 88:16Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
- Isaiah 6:5Then 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 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
- Jeremiah 51:46Do 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.
- Joel 1:15Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
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