Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
Parallel translations
- WEB Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall on you?
- BSB Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not 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 trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
- Job 31:23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
- Exod 15:16Fear 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.
- Matt 10:28And 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.
- Rev 15:3–4And 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.
- Jer 5:22Fear 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?
- Jer 10:10But 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.
- Isa 8:13Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
- Job 13:21Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
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