Job 31:23
For destruction {from} God {was} a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
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Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD {is} at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Thou, {even} thou, {art} to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD {is} at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
{When} he is about to fill his belly, {God} shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain {it} upon him while he is eating.
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
{There is} none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou {art} his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. {the thing...: Heb. I feared a fear, and it came upon me}
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
Be not a terror unto me: thou {art} my hope in the day of evil.
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
But the former governors that {had been} before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD {is} at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
{There is} none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou {art} his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. {my soul: Heb. my principal one}
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with {them that are} slain with the sword, {even} Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
For the arrows of the Almighty {are} within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.