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14 For he fulfills his decree against me,[a]
and many such things are his plans.[b]
15 That is why I am terrified in his presence;
when I consider, I am afraid because of him.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 23:14 tn The text has “my decree,” which means “the decree [plan] for/against me.” The suffix is objective, equivalent to a dative of disadvantage. The Syriac and the Vulgate actually have “his decree.” R. Gordis (Job, 262) suggests taking it in the same sense as in Job 14:5: “my limit.”.
  2. Job 23:14 tn Heb “and many such [things] are with him.”sn The text is saying that many similar situations are under God’s rule of the world—his plans are infinite.