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Job 13:11

Job 13:11
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Shall not his excellency make you afraid,.... To commit sin, any sin, and particularly that just mentioned, which they might expect to be reproved for; there is an excellency in the name of God, which…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Shall not his excellency - His exaltation שׂאת śe'êth from נשׂא nâśâ' to exalt, to lift up), or his majesty, Gen 49:3. Make you afraid - Fill you with awe and reverence. Shall it not restrain you…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 13:1-12

Job here warmly expresses his resentment of the unkindness of his friends.

I. He comes up with them as one that understood the matter in dispute as well as they, and did not need to be taught by them,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

his excellency His majestyaffright you. They shall be paralyzed when they stand before God who searches the heart.