Job 13:24

Job 13:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
• New International Version (NIV)Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why do You hide Your face, And regard me as Your enemy?

Context of Job 13:24

22Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me. 23How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy? 25Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? 26For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:

Job 13:24 word by word

לָֽמָּה־פָנֶ֥יךָ תַסְתִּ֑יר וְתַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי לְאוֹיֵ֣ב לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

• faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341

Cross-references for Job 13:24

• Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
• Job 29:2Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
• Deuteronomy 32:20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.
• Psalms 10:1Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
• Psalms 13:1How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
• Psalms 44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
• Psalms 77:6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.
• Psalms 88:14Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
• Isaiah 8:17And I will wait for Jehovah, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
• Job 16:9He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
• Job 19:11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries.
• Job 30:21Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
• Job 31:35Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) Andthat I hadthe indictment which mine adversary hath written!
• Job 33:10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy;
• 1 Samuel 28:16And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?
• Lamentations 2:5The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strongholds; And he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

Commentaries on Job 13:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face - Why is it that I no longer enjoy thy approbation? Holdest me for thine enemy? - Treatest me as if I were the vilest of sinners?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face - To hide the face, or to turn it away, is expressive of disapprobation. We turn away the face when we are offended with anyone. See the notes at Isaiah 1:15. And holdest me for thine enemy - Regardest and treatest me as an enemy.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-28Verses 23-28 Job begs to have his sins discovered to him. A true penitent is willing to know the worst of himself; and we should all desire to know what our transgressions are, that we may confess them, and guard against them for the future. Job complains sorrowfully of God's severe dealings with him. Time does not wear out the guilt of sin. When God writes bitter things against us, his design is to make us bring forgotten sins to mind, and so to bring us…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24God can turn away in "anger"(Deuteronomy 31:18; Isaiah 54:8; Jeremiah 33:5). Or he can choose not to show friendship (Psalms 30:7; 69:17; 102:2). Job, perhaps making a play of words on his own name (’iyyob), denied being God's enemy (’oyeb).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. hidest ... face--a figure from the gloomy impression caused by the sudden clouding over of the sun. enemy--God treated Job as an enemy who must be robbed of power by ceaseless sufferings (Job 7:17, 21).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 13:24

• Reasoning
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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