Księga Hioba 31:23

Biblia Tysiąclecia

Albowiem lękałem się skruszenia od Boga, a przed jego zacnością nie mógłbym się ostać.

Parallel Translations

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
Bo trapienie, które by na mię Bóg przywiódł, straszyłoby mię, a nie mógłbych znieść ciężkości jego.

Biblia Gdańska (1632)
Albowiem lękałem się skruszenia od Boga, a przed jego zacnością nie mógłbym się ostać.

Nowe Przymierze Zaremba
Tak, kara Boża była mi postrachem i to, że przed Jego majestatem nie zdołałbym się ostać.

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
Niechybnie padła by na mnie trwoga przed karą Boga i nie mógłbym się ostać w obliczu Jego majestatu.

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
Bałem się bowiem klęski od Boga, a przed jego majestatem nie mógłbym się ostać.

Biblia Warszawska
Gdyż z trwogą myślałem o kaźni Bożej i przed jego majestatem nie mógłbym się ostać.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

destruction: Job 20:23, Job 21:20, Genesis 39:9, Psalms 119:120, Isaiah 13:6, Joel 1:15, 2 Corinthians 5:11

by: Job 13:11, Job 40:9, Job 42:5, Job 42:6, Psalms 76:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:24 - my wrath Joshua 24:27 - deny Nehemiah 5:15 - because Job 3:25 - the thing Job 6:4 - the terrors Job 9:34 - let not Job 23:15 - General Psalms 77:3 - I remembered Psalms 119:161 - my heart Isaiah 2:10 - for fear Jeremiah 17:17 - a terror Ezekiel 32:32 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me,.... Though he feared not men, they being at his beck and command, ready to do any thing for him he should order, yet he feared God; and the dread of his resentment, and of destruction from him the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy, had such an influence on him as to deter and keep him from all unkindness to the poor, and in justice to the fatherless; he dreaded the destruction of himself, his family, and substance in this world, and everlasting destruction of soul and body in the world to come; which of all things is to be feared, Matthew 10:28; and Old Testament saints were much under a spirit of bondage to fear, and were actuated thereby; and, though Job might not be under any dread of eternal damnation, knowing his interest in the living Redeemer; yet he might fear temporal destruction, as it is certain he did; which thing he feared came upon him, though not for any crime or crimes he was guilty of, see Job 30:25; he might fear, as a good man may, the chastisements and corrections of his heavenly Father:

and by reason of his highness I could not endure; God is higher than the highest angels, or men; he is above all gods, so called; he is God over all, blessed for ever; and such is his height, his glory, and his majesty, that it is terrible, and the dread of them makes men afraid; nor can any sinner stand before him, nor withstand him, nor hope to prevail against him, nor flee from his presence, nor escape out of his hand, nor bear his wrath and indignation, and the coming down of his arm; for what hands can be strong, or heart endure, when the almighty God deals with them? or Job's sense may be, that such an awe of the divine Being was always upon him, that he could not do any unkind thing to the poor, or unjust one to the fatherless.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For destruction from God was a terror to me - The destruction which God would bring upon one who was guilty of the crime here specified, awed and restrained me. He was deterred from this crime of oppressing the fatherless by the fear of God. He could have escaped the judgment of people. He had power and influence enough not to dread the penalty of human law. He could have done it in such a way as not to have been arraigned before any earthly tribunal, but he remembered that the eye of God was upon him, and that he was the avenger of the fatherless and the widow.

And by reason of his highness - On account of his majesty, exaltation, glory.

I could not endure - אוכל לא lo''ûkôl - I could not; that is, I could not do it. I was so much awed by his majesty; I had such a veneration for him, that I could not be guilty of such an offence.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 31:23. Destruction from God was a terror — I have ever been preserved from outward sin, through the fear of God's judgments; I knew his eye was constantly upon me, and I could

"Never in my Judge's eye my Judge's anger dare."