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Job 13:11

God's majesty frightens you. You are afraid of him.

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.
New English Translation
Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?
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?
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 "I have seen all this before. I have already heard everything you say. I understand all these things. 2 I know as much as you do. I am as smart as you are. 3 But I don't want to argue with you. I want to speak to God All-Powerful. I want to argue with God about my troubles. 4 But you men try to cover up your ignorance with lies. You are like worthless doctors who cannot heal anyone. 5 I wish you would just be quiet. That would be the wisest thing you could do. 6 "Now, listen to my argument. Listen to what I have to say. 7 Will you speak lies for God? Do you really believe your lies are what God wants you to say? 8 Are you trying to defend God against me? You are not being fair. You are choosing God's side simply because he is God. 9 If God checked you very closely, would he see that you are right? Do you really think you can fool God the same as you fool people? 10 You know that God would criticize you if you chose someone's side simply because they were important.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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
We should separate. You can choose any place you want. If you go to the left, I will go to the right. If you go to the right, I will go to the left."
Genesis 13:14
After Lot left, the Lord said to Abram, "Look around you. Look north, south, east, west.
Genesis 19:17
So after the two men brought Lot and his family out of the city, one of the men said, "Now run to save your life! Don't look back at the city, and don't stop anywhere in the valley. Run until you are in the mountains. If you stop, you will be destroyed with the city!"
Psalms 16:3
But you have also said about the gods of this land, "They are my powerful gods. They are the ones who make me happy."
Psalms 119:63
I am a friend to everyone who worships you. I am a friend to everyone who obeys your instructions.
Proverbs 27:10
Don't forget your own friends or your father's friends. If you have a problem, go to your neighbor for help. It is better to ask a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
Hebrews 10:25
We must not quit meeting together, as some are doing. No, we need to keep on encouraging each other. This becomes more and more important as you see the Day getting closer.
1 Peter 2:17
Show respect for all people. Love your brothers and sisters in God's family. Respect God, and 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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