Job 13:21

Job 13:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
• New International Version (NIV)Withdraw your hand far from me, and stop frightening me with your terrors.
• English Standard Version (ESV)withdraw your hand far from me, and let not dread of you terrify me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Withdraw Your hand far from me, And let not the dread of You make me afraid.

Context of Job 13:21

19Who will argue and contend with me? For then I would be silent and die. 20“Only [O Lord,] do not do two things to me, And then I will not hide myself from Your face: Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering, And let not the dread of You terrify me. 22Then [Lord,] call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and then reply to me. 23How many are my iniquities and sins [that so much sorrow should come to me]? Make me recognize and understand my transgression and my sin.

Job 13:21 word by word

כַּ֭פְּךָ מֵעָלַ֣י הַרְחַ֑ק וְ֝אֵ֥מָתְךָ֗ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Withdrawרָחַקrâchaq · to removeH7368
• thine handכַּףkaph · palmH3709
• from me: and let not thy dreadאֵימָה'êymâh 'êmâh · terrorH367
• make me afraidבָּעַתbâ‛ath · to terrifyH1204

Cross-references for Job 13:21

• Job 10:20Would He not let my few days alone, Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
• Job 22:15Will you keep to the ancient path That wicked men walked [in the time of Noah],
• Job 13:11Will not His majesty terrify you, And will not the dread of Him fall upon you?
• Job 33:7Behold, I will not make you afraid or terrified of me [for I am only mortal and not God], Nor should any pressure from me weigh heavily upon you.
• Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in [reverent] fear of You, And I am afraid and in awe of Your judgments.

Commentaries on Job 13:21

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Withdraw thine hand far from me - Notes Job 9:34. The hand of God here is used to denote the calamity or affliction which Job was suffering. The meaning is, “Remove my affliction; restore me to health, and I will then enter on the argument in vindication of my cause. I am now oppressed, and broken down, and enfeebled by disease, and I cannot present it with the vigor which I might evince if I were in health.” And let not thy dread make me afraid - “Do not…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-22Verses 13-22 Job resolved to cleave to the testimony his own conscience gave of his uprightness. He depended upon God for justification and salvation, the two great things we hope for through Christ. Temporal salvation he little expected, but of his eternal salvation he was very confident; that God would not only be his Saviour to make him happy, but his salvation, in the sight and enjoyment of whom he should be happy. He knew himself not to be a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-21Job thought about finding a judge to remove God's burden from him (9:33–34). Eliphaz had encouraged Job to accept God's discipline (5:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. (See on Job 9:34 and see Psa 39:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 13:21

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Fear of God
• Reasoning

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Job 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings