Job 23:16

“For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:”

"For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:" - Job 23:16
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What does Job 23:16 mean?

Job 23:16 (KJV) says, "For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me." The book of Job is often regarded as one of the most profound and challenging books in the Bible, dealing with the age-old question of why bad things happen to good people. Job, the central…

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The Tranquil Heart: Embracing God's Softening Work in Troubling Times

In the midst of trials and tribulations, we often find ourselves wrestling with feelings of despair and turmoil. Job, a man of great faith, experienced intense suffering—loss of family, wealth, and health—all while maintaining his integrity and devotion to God. In Job 23:16, we…

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A Prayer for Heart Transformation and Divine Strength

O Gracious and Merciful God, We come before Thee on bended knees, acknowledging the depth of our need for Thy divine presence in our lives. As we reflect upon the words of Job 23:16, ‘For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me,’ we recognize that in our trials…

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Job 23:16 - "For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:"
Job 23:1 - "Then Job answered and said,"
Job 16:1 - "Then Job answered and said,"
"Then Job answered and said," - Job 23:1
"Then Job answered and said," - Job 16:1
Job 16:16 - "My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;"
Job 35:16 - "Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge."
Job 39:23 - "The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield."
Job 29:23 - "And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain."
Job 23:14 - "For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him."
Job 9:23 - "If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent."
Job 42:16 - "After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations."
Job 28:23 - "God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof."
Job 12:16 - "With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his."
Job 33:16 - "Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,"
Genesis 23-16
Job 21:23 - "One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet."
Job 41:23 - "The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved."
Job 6:16 - "Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:"
Job 28:16 - "It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire."
Job 3:23 - "Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?"
Job 27:23 - "Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place."
Job 5:23 - "For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee."
Job 23:8 - "Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:"
Job 6:23 - "Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?"
Job 19:23 - "Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!"
Job 16:17 - "Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure."
Job 5:16 - "So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth."
"My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;" - Job 16:16