OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 23

Job 31:23

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For calamity from God is a terror to me.

Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.

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Job 31:20–26

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if his heart hasn’t blessed me,

if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;

21

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,

because I saw my help in the gate;

22

then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade,

and my arm be broken from the bone.

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For calamity from God is a terror to me.

Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.

24

“If I have made gold my hope,

and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’

25

If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,

and because my hand had gotten much;

26

if I have seen the sun when it shined,

or the moon moving in splendor,

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