Hiob 23:15

15 Darum erschrecke ich vor ihm; und wenn ich's bedenke, so fürchte ich mich vor ihm.

Hiob 23:15 Meaning and Commentary

Job 23:15

Therefore am I troubled at his presence
Not at his gracious presence, which he wanted, and every good man desires; but at his appearance as an enemy, as he apprehended him, laying and continuing his afflictive hand upon him, and indeed at his appearance as a Judge to try his cause; for though he had most earnestly desired it, yet when he thought of the sovereignty of God, and the immutability of his counsels, and of his perfect knowledge of all things; and he not knowing what he had with him, and to bring out against him, when he came to the point, might be troubled and shrink back, see ( Psalms 77:3 ) ;

when I consider, I am afraid of him:
when he considered his terrible majesty, his sovereign will, his unalterable purposes, his infinite wisdom, and almighty power, his strict justice, and spotless purity; he was afraid to appear before him, or afraid that since many such things were with him he had already experienced, there were more to be brought forth, which might be greater and heavier still.

Hiob 23:15 In-Context

13 Doch er ist einig; wer will ihm wehren? Und er macht's wie er will.

14 Denn er wird vollführen, was mir bestimmt ist, und hat noch viel dergleichen im Sinne

15 Darum erschrecke ich vor ihm; und wenn ich's bedenke, so fürchte ich mich vor ihm.

16 Gott hat mein Herz blöde gemacht, und der Allmächtige hat mich erschreckt.

17 Denn die Finsternis macht kein Ende mit mir, und das Dunkel will vor mir nicht verdeckt werden.