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Job 23:16 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Job 23:16 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 23 verse 16 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:”
Job 23:16 (KJV)
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Commentary on Job 23:16
For God maketh my heart soft (וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי, ve-El herak libbi)—The verb rakak (רָכַךְ) means "to make soft, weak, faint." Paradoxically, this softening isn't tenderness but weakness. The word is used of hearts melting in fear (Deuteronomy 20:3, Joshua 2:11). Job's heart isn't softened by grace but enervated by terror. The phrase the Almighty troubleth me (וְשַׁדַּי הִבְהִילָנִי) uses bahal again—God causes dismay. El (אֵל, God) and Shaddai (שַׁדַּי, Almighty) are covenant names, yet they bring no comfort.This inverts Ezekiel 36:26's promise: "I will take away the stony heart... and give...
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Cross-References for Job 23:16
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“I am poured out like water”
“Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”
“Hear”
“Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.”
“and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.”
“Don't call me Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.,And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me., וַתֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶן אַל־תִּקְרֶאנָה לִי נָעֳמִי קְרֶאןָ לִי מָרָא כִּי־הֵמַר שַׁדַּי לִי מְאֹד׃ ,And she said unto them: Call me not Naomi [That is”
“neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me”
“neither fear for the news that shall be heard in the land; for news shall come one year”