Job 23 · Verse 16

Job 23:16

For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Job 23:16, King James Version

Job 23:16 in other translations

BSBGod has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
WEBFor God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me.
ASVFor God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;
YLTAnd God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.
DARBYFor God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;
BBEFor God has made my heart feeble, and my mind is troubled before the Ruler of all.
WebsterFor God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

What does Job 23:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. soft--faint; hath melted my courage. Here again Job's language is that of Jesus Christ (Psa 22:14).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 For God maketh my heart soft - Prostrates my strength, deprives me of courage, so that I sink beneath my burden, and I am troubled at the thought of the Almighty, the self-sufficient and eternal Being.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 23:13-17

As Job does not once question but that his trials are from the hand of God, and that there is no such thing as chance, how does he account for them? The principle on which he views them is, that the hope and reward of the faithful servants of God are only laid up in another life; and he maintains that it is plain to all, that the wicked are not treated according to their deserts in this life, but often directly the…

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Job 23:16 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.

וְ֭אֵלVe.'eland GodH410
הֵרַ֣ךְhe.Rakhhe has made faintH7401
לִבִּ֑יli.Biheart myH3820
וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗יve.sha.Daiand [the] AlmightyH7706
הִבְהִילָֽנִי\׃hiv.hi.La.nihe has terrified meH926

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

Cross references for Job 23:16

  • Psalms 22:14

    I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

  • Job 27:2

    As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

  • Isaiah 6:5

    Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

  • Psalms 88:16

    Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

  • Deuteronomy 20:3

    And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

  • Joel 1:15

    Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

  • Ruth 1:20

    And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

  • Isaiah 57:16

    For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

  • Jeremiah 51:46

    And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For God.
Ps 22:14; Isa 6:5; 57:16
Almighty.
27:2; Ru 1:20; Ps 88:16; Joe 1:15

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

Context

  • Job 23:15

    Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

  • Job 23:16

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

  • Job 23:17

    Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

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Job 23:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Dios ha enervado mi corazón, y hame turbado el Omnipotente.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ✶Dieu a fait défaillir mon cœur, et le Tout-puissant m’a frappé de terreur;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ja, Gott hat mein Herz verzagt gemacht, und der Allmächtige mich in Bestürzung versetzt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Deus mollivit cor meum, et Omnipotens conturbavit me.