Job 23

Job · Chapter 23

Job 23:16

1Then Job answered and said,2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and Godוְ֭אֵלVE-'elH0410G
God

אֵל (el) This name means god, god-like one, mighty one, strength, power Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

he has made faintהֵרַ֣ךְhe-RAKHH7401
be tender

רָכַךְ (ra.khakh) 1) to be tender, be soft, be weak 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be tender, be weak (of heart) 1a1a) to be timid, be fearful 1a1b) to be softened, be penitent 1a2) to be soft (of treacherous words) 1b) (Pual) to be softened 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be weak 1d) (Niphal) tender

heart myלִבִּ֑יli-BIH3820A
mind

בָּל (bal) mind, heart Aramaic of lev (לֵב "heart" H3820A)

and [the] Almightyוְ֝שַׁדַּ֗יve-sha-DAIH7706
Almighty

שַׁדַּי (shad.day) Shaddai, the Almighty (God) Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G) This name means almighty, most powerful

he has terrified meהִבְהִילָֽנִי׃hiv-hi-LA-niH0926
hastely

בְּהִילוּ (be.hi.lu) haste, hastily Aramaic of ba.hal (בָּהַל "to dismay" H0926)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.