Hiob 23:16

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

Hiob 23:16 Meaning and Commentary

Job 23:16

For God maketh my heart soft
Not tender as Josiah's was, ( 2 Kings 22:19 ) , or as the heart of every penitent is, when God makes it humble and contrite by his spirit and grace, or takes away the stony heart, and gives an heart of flesh; though Job had such an heart, and God made it so; but he means a weak, feeble, fearful heart, pressed and broken with afflictions, that could not endure and bear up under the mighty hand of God; but became as water, and melted like wax in the midst of him, and was ready to faint, and sink, and die away:

and the Almighty troubleth me;
by afflicting him; afflictions cause trouble, and these are of God; or he "astonishes" ^F1, amazes me, throws me into the utmost consternation, the reason of which follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (ynlyhbh) "me attonitum reddidit", Vatablus; "consternavit me", Drusius, Mercerus, Cocceius, Michaelis; "externavit me", Schultens.

Hiob 23:16 In-Context

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.