Job 13:24
Why are you unfriendly towards me? Why do you treat me as your enemy?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
In Context
23What are my sins and iniquities? Show me what have I done wrong; how have I rebelled against you?
25Would you frighten a leaf blown by the wind or hunt down a piece of straw?
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:16“Why come and ask me when the Lord has abandoned you and has become your enemy?” Samuel asked.
Job 10:16If I do hold my head high you hunt me down like a lion, showing how powerful you are in hurting me.
Job 16:9He has torn me apart in his anger; in his hostility he has gnashed his teeth at me; my enemy pierces me with his fierce look.
Job 29:2“I wish I was back in the old days when God looked after me!
Job 31:35Why won't anyone listen to what I'm saying! I'm signing my name to endorse everything I've said. Let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write down what he is charging me with.
Psalms 10:1Lord, why are you so distant? Why do you hide from me in times of trouble?
Matthew Henry on Job 13:24-28
23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? 25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. 28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a… Read the whole commentary →