The Meaning of Job 33:7 Explained

Job 33:7

KJV: Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

YLT: Lo, my terror doth not frighten thee, And my burden on thee is not heavy.

Darby: Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, nor my burden be heavy upon thee.

ASV: Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.

Discover Job 33:7

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 33:7?

MEANING: What does Job 33:7 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 33:7 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 33:7?

What is the context of Job 33:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

What does Job 33:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 33:1-33 - The Interpreter

It is not wonderful that Elihu has been mistaken for the Mediator Himself, so helpfully does he interpose between Job and his Maker. He dwells especially on his own likeness to Job in his manhood, and quotes this as the reason why he could specially help him: I also am formed out of the clay. So also our High Priest is man. Elihu takes up Job's words protesting his innocence, and he insists that Job was not right in those protestations, or in the conclusions that he drew from them.

Then follows one of the grandest passages in the book. Elihu tells how God speaks in nature and through conscience, and is often disregarded; and how then he speaks by revelation, opening the ears of men to withdraw them from their purpose. He shows that God often lays a man upon a bed of pain, that He may speak to his heart. Happy is the afflicted if an interpreter stands beside him to point the path to repentance. Finally, broken and penitent, he turns back to God, and sees His face with joy, and sings before men the story of his restoration. Thus Elihu argues that affliction is often sent as discipline to read to man God's deepest truth. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 33

¹ Elihu offers himself instead of God to reason with Job
⁸ He excuses God from giving man an account of his ways, by his greatness
¹⁴ God calls man to repentance by visions, by afflictions, and by his ministry
³¹ He incites Job to attention

What do the individual words in Job 33:7 mean?

Surely fear of me no will terrify you and my hand on you nor will be heavy

הִנֵּ֣ה אֵ֭מָתִי לֹ֣א תְבַעֲתֶ֑ךָּ וְ֝אַכְפִּ֗י עָלֶ֥יךָ לֹא־ יִכְבָּֽד

הִנֵּ֣ה	Surely
Parse: Interjection Root: הִנֵּה Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
אֵ֭מָתִי	fear of me
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: אֵימָה Sense: terror, dread.
לֹ֣א	no
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
תְבַעֲתֶ֑ךָּ	will terrify you
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person feminine singular, second person masculine singular Root: בָּעַת Sense: to terrify, startle, fall upon, dismay, be overtaken by sudden terror.
וְ֝אַכְפִּ֗י	and my hand
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: אֶכֶף Sense: pressure, urgency, burden.
עָלֶ֥יךָ	on you
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
לֹא־	nor
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
יִכְבָּֽד	will be heavy
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: כָּבֵד Sense: to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured.

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