Job 13 · Verse 11

Job 13:11

Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
Job 13:11, King James Version

Job 13:11 in other translations

BSBWould His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
WEBWon’t his majesty make you afraid and his dread fall on you?
ASVShall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall upon you?
YLTDoth not His excellency terrify you? And His dread fall upon you?
DARBYShall not his excellency terrify you? and his dread fall upon you?
BBEWill not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him?
WebsterShall not his excellence make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

What does Job 13:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. make you afraid?--namely, of employing sophisms in His name (Jr 10:7, 10).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 His dread fall upon you? - The very apprehension of his wrath is sufficient to crush you to nothing.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 13:1-12

With self-preference, Job declared that he needed not to be taught by them. Those who dispute are tempted to magnify themselves, and lower their brethren, more than is fit. When dismayed or distressed with the fear of wrath, the force of temptation, or the weight of affliction, we should apply to the Physician of our souls, who never rejects any, never prescribes amiss, and never leaves any case uncured. To Him we…

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Job 13:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֲלֹ֣אha.Lo'¿ notH3808
שְׂ֭אֵתוֹSe.'e.tovmajesty hisH7613
תְּבַעֵ֣תte.va.'Etwill it terrifyH1204
אֶתְכֶ֑ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
וּ֝פַחְדּ֗וֹu.fach.Doand dread hisH6343
יִפֹּ֥לyi.Polwill it fall?H5307
עֲלֵיכֶֽם\׃'a.lei.Khemon youH5921

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 13:11

  • Psalms 119:120

    My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

  • Job 31:23

    For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

  • Exodus 15:16

    Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.

  • Isaiah 8:13

    Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

  • Job 13:21

    Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

  • Jeremiah 5:22

    Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

  • Jeremiah 10:10

    But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

  • Matthew 10:28

    And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

  • Revelation 15:3-4

    And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Shall.
Ps 119:120; Jer 5:22; 10:10; Mt 10:28; Re 15:3,4
his dread.
21; Ex 15:16; Isa 8:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 13:10

    He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

  • Job 13:11

    Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

  • Job 13:12

    Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

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Job 13:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De cierto su alteza os había de espantar, y su pavor había de caer sobre vosotros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Sa majesté ne vous troublera-t-elle pas? Et sa frayeur ne tombera-t-elle pas sur vous?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wird nicht seine Hoheit euch bestürzen, und sein Schrecken auf euch fallen?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Statim ut se commoverit, turbabit vos, et terror ejus irruet super vos.