Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
Parallel translations
- WEB Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall on you?
- KJV Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
- NKJV Will not His excellence make you afraid, And the dread of Him fall upon you?
- NASB “Will His majesty not terrify you, And the dread of Him fall upon you?
- NLT Doesn’t his majesty terrify you? Doesn’t your fear of him overwhelm you?
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Quick answer
Job asks whether God's majesty does not terrify his friends. The thought of misusing God's name should make them tremble.
Overview
Job appeals to the dread of God's majesty: should not His excellency make them afraid? If they truly grasped God's holiness, they would fear to speak falsely in His name. A right sense of God's greatness produces reverent honesty rather than careless argument.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
- Job 31:23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
- Exod 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
- Matt 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Rev 15:3–4and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Jer 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
- Jer 10:10But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
- Isa 8:13The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
- Job 13:21Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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