Catholic Public Domain Version
"For I have always feared God, like waves flowing over me, whose weight I was unable to bear. "
— Job 31:23, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.”
“For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing. ”
“For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing.”
“For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.”
“For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was unable to bear.”
“For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.”
“For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.”
if his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
if I have lifted up my hand over an orphan, even when it might seem to me that I have the advantage over him at the gate;
then may my shoulder fall from its joint, and may my arm, with all its bones, be broken.
For I have always feared God, like waves flowing over me, whose weight I was unable to bear.
If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold ‘my Trust;’
if I have rejoiced over my great success, and over the many things my hand has obtained;
if I gazed upon the sun when it shined and the moon advancing brightly,