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Job 13:11

Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Persecution;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Excellency;   Job, Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 8;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Would God’s majesty not terrify you?Would his dread not fall on you?
Hebrew Names Version
Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall on you?
King James Version
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
English Standard Version
Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you?
New Century Version
His bright glory would scare you, and you would be very much afraid of him.
Amplified Bible
"Will not His majesty terrify you, And will not the dread of Him fall upon you?
New American Standard Bible
"Will His majesty not terrify you, And the dread of Him fall upon you?
World English Bible
Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall on you?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Shall not his excellencie make you afraid? and his feare fall vpon you?
Legacy Standard Bible
Will not His exaltedness terrify you,And the dread of Him fall on you?
Berean Standard Bible
Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
Contemporary English Version
and his glorious splendor would make you terrified.
Complete Jewish Bible
Doesn't God's majesty terrify you? Aren't you overcome with dread of him?
Darby Translation
Shall not his excellency terrify you? and his dread fall upon you?
Easy-to-Read Version
God's majesty frightens you. You are afraid of him.
George Lamsa Translation
His excellency shall seek vengeance of you, and his terror will fall upon you.
Good News Translation
and his power will fill you with terror.
Lexham English Bible
Will not his majesty terrify you, and his dread fall upon you?
Literal Translation
Shall not His highness make you afraid, and His dread fall on you?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Shall he not make you afrayed, when he sheweth himself? Shal not his terrible feare fall vpo you?
American Standard Version
Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall upon you?
Bible in Basic English
Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Shall not His majesty terrify you, and His dread fall upon you?
King James Version (1611)
Shall not his excellencie make you afraid? and his dread fall vpon you?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Shall not his excellencie make you afrayde? Shall not his terrible feare fall vpon you?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
shall not his whirlpool sweep you round, and terror from him fall upon you?
English Revised Version
Shall not his excellency make you afraid, and his dread fall upon you?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Anoon as he schal stire hym, he schal disturble you; and his drede schal falle on you.
Update Bible Version
Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall on you?
Webster's Bible Translation
Shall not his excellence make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
New King James Version
Will not His excellence make you afraid, And the dread of Him fall upon you?
New Living Translation
Doesn't his majesty terrify you? Doesn't your fear of him overwhelm you?
New Life Bible
Will not His great power make you afraid? Will not the fear of Him come upon you?
New Revised Standard
Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Shall not, his majesty, overwhelm you? and, the dread of him, fall upon you?
Douay-Rheims Bible
As soon as he shall move himself, he shall trouble you: and his dread shall fall upon you.
Revised Standard Version
Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you?
Young's Literal Translation
Doth not His excellency terrify you? And His dread fall upon you?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Will not His majesty terrify you, And the dread of Him fall on you?

Contextual Overview

1 "Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it. 2 What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you! 3 But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God. 4 But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians! 5 If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom. 6 "Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips' contentions. 7 Will you speak wickedly on God's behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him? 8 Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God? 9 Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him? 10 He would certainly rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality!

Bible Verse Review
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Shall: Psalms 119:120, Jeremiah 5:22, Jeremiah 10:10, Matthew 10:28, Revelation 15:3, Revelation 15:4

his dread: Job 13:21, Exodus 15:16, Isaiah 8:13

Reciprocal: Job 9:34 - let not Job 31:23 - by Mark 5:15 - and they

Cross-References

Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself now from me. If you go to the left, then I'll go to the right, but if you go to the right, then I'll go to the left."
Genesis 13:14
After Lot had departed, the Lord said to Abram, "Look from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west.
Genesis 19:17
When they had brought them outside, they said, "Run for your lives! Don't look behind you or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed!"
Psalms 16:3
As for God's chosen people who are in the land, and the leading officials I admired so much—
Psalms 119:63
I am a friend to all your loyal followers, and to those who keep your precepts.
Proverbs 27:10
Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.
Hebrews 10:25
not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near.
1 Peter 2:17
Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Shall not his excellency make you afraid,.... To commit sin, any sin, and particularly that just mentioned, which they might expect to be reproved for; there is an excellency in the name of God, which is fearful and dreadful, and in the nature and perfections of God, his power, justice, and holiness, in which he is glorious and tremendous, and should deter men from sinning against him; and there is an excellency in his works of nature and providence, which are wondrous, and show him to be near at hand, and can at once, if he pleases, take vengeance for sin: or "shall not his height" b, c. his sublimity, his superiority to all beings he is the most high God, higher than the highest among men, he is above all gods, all that are so called; and therefore all the inhabitants of the earth should stand in awe of him, and not sin: or "shall not his lifting up" c? c. on a throne of judgment, as the Targum adds he is the Judge of the whole earth, and will judge his people, and right their wrongs; he sits on a throne high, and lifted up, judging righteously; and will maintain the cause of the innocent, and avenge himself on those that injure them, and therefore it must be a fearful thing to fall into his hands: some render it, "shall not his burning" d; or flaming fire, c. as Jarchi observes, and apply it to hell fire, and the everlasting burnings of the lake which burns with fire and brimstone and which are very terrible, and may well frighten men from sinning against God; but the first sense seems to be best:

and his dread fall upon you? the dread of men, of powerful and victorious enemies, is very terrible, as was the dread of the Israelites which fell upon the inhabitants of Canaan, Joshua 2:9; but how awful must be the terror of the great and dreadful God, when that falls upon men, or his terrible wrath and vengeance are revealed from heaven, and threaten every moment to fall upon the transgressors of his law, upon those that mock him and injure his people.

b שאתו "celsitudo ejus", Montanus, Vatablus, Bolducius; "sublimitas ejus", Beza, Mercerus. c "Elevatio, erectio", Drusius. d So some in Jarchi & Bar Tzemach.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shall not his excellency - His exaltation שׂאת śe'êth from נשׂא nâśâ' to exalt, to lift up), or his majesty, Genesis 49:3.

Make you afraid - Fill you with awe and reverence. Shall it not restrain you from fallacy, from sophisms, and from all presumptuous and unfounded reasoning? The sense here is, that a sense of the greatness and majesty of God should fill the mind with solemnity and reverence, and make us serious and sincere; should repress all declamation and mere assertion, and should lead us to adduce only those considerations which will bear the test of the final trial. The general proposition, however, is not less clear, that a sense of the majesty and glory of God should at all times fill the mind with solemn awe, and produce the deepest veneration. See Jeremiah 5:22; Jeremiah 10:7-10; Genesis 28:17.

And his dread - The fear of him. You should so stand in awe of him as not to advance any sentiments which he will not approve, or which will not bear the test of examination. Rosenmuller, however, and after him Noyes, supposes that this is not so much a declaration of what ought to be, implying that the fear of God ought to produce veneration, as a declaration of what actually occurred - implying that they were actually influenced by this slavish fear in what they said. According to this it means that they were actuated only by a dread of what God would do to them that led them to condemn. Job without proof, and not by a regard to truth. But the common interpretation seems to me most in accordance with the meaning of the passage.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 13:11. His dread fall upon you? — The very apprehension of his wrath is sufficient to crush you to nothing.


 
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