Job 23:16

In 11 translations

BSB

God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

KJV

For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

WEB

For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me.

ASV

For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;

LSV

And God has made my heart soft, || And the Mighty has troubled me.

YLT

And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.

DBY

For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;El

DRC

God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.

GNV

For God hath softened mine heart, and the Almightie hath troubled me.

JPS

Yea, God hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath affrighted me;

LXXE

But the Lord has softened my heart, and the Almighty has troubled me.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽנִי׃

LXX-Br

Κύριος δὲ ἐμαλάκυνε τὴν καρδίαν μου· ὁ δὲ παντοκράτωρ ἐσπούδασέ με.

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• Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
• Job 27:2“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
• Deuteronomy 20:3saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
• Psalms 88:16Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
• Isaiah 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
• Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
• Joel 1:15Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
• Ruth 1:20“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
• Jeremiah 51:46Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year— and then another the next year— of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.

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