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Selected Verse: Job 13:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 13:11 |
Strong Concordance |
Shall not his excellency [07613] make you afraid [01204]? and his dread [06343] fall [05307] upon you? |
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King James |
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| make you afraid?--namely, of employing sophisms in His name (Jer 10:7, Jer 10:10). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Shall not his excellency - His exaltation שׂאת śe'êth from נשׂא nâśâ' to exalt, to lift up), or his majesty, Gen 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 Jer 5:22; Jer 10:7-10; Gen 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. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| His dread fall upon you? - The very apprehension of his wrath is sufficient to crush you to nothing. |
10 But the LORD [03068] is the true [0571] God [0430], he is the living [02416] God [0430], and an everlasting [05769] king [04428]: at his wrath [07110] the earth [0776] shall tremble [07493], and the nations [01471] shall not be able to abide [03557] his indignation [02195].
7 Who would not fear [03372] thee, O King [04428] of nations [01471]? for to thee doth it appertain [02969]: forasmuch as among all the wise [02450] men of the nations [01471], and in all their kingdoms [04438], there is none like unto thee.
17 And he was afraid [03372], and said [0559], How dreadful [03372] is this place [04725]! this is none other but the house [01004] of God [0430], and this is the gate [08179] of heaven [08064].
7 Who would not fear [03372] thee, O King [04428] of nations [01471]? for to thee doth it appertain [02969]: forasmuch as among all the wise [02450] men of the nations [01471], and in all their kingdoms [04438], there is none like unto thee.
8 But they are altogether [0259] brutish [01197] and foolish [03688]: the stock [06086] is a doctrine [04148] of vanities [01892].
9 Silver [03701] spread into plates [07554] is brought [0935] from Tarshish [08659], and gold [02091] from Uphaz [0210], the work [04639] of the workman [02796], and of the hands [03027] of the founder [06884]: blue [08504] and purple [0713] is their clothing [03830]: they are all the work [04639] of cunning [02450] men.
10 But the LORD [03068] is the true [0571] God [0430], he is the living [02416] God [0430], and an everlasting [05769] king [04428]: at his wrath [07110] the earth [0776] shall tremble [07493], and the nations [01471] shall not be able to abide [03557] his indignation [02195].
22 Fear [03372] ye not me? saith [05002] the LORD [03068]: will ye not tremble [02342] at my presence [06440], which have placed [07760] the sand [02344] for the bound [01366] of the sea [03220] by a perpetual [05769] decree [02706], that it cannot pass [05674] it: and though the waves [01530] thereof toss [01607] themselves, yet can they not prevail [03201]; though they roar [01993], yet can they not pass over [05674] it?
3 Reuben [07205], thou art my firstborn [01060], my might [03581], and the beginning [07225] of my strength [0202], the excellency [03499] of dignity [07613], and the excellency [03499] of power [05794]: