Job 13:24
Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, and regard me as an enemy unto thee?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
In Context
23How many are my iniquities and sins? my transgression and my sin let me know.
25Wilt thou terrify a leaf driven about [by the wind]? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:16Then said Samuel, And why wilt thou ask me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thy enemy?
Job 10:16And it constantly increaseth; like a fierce lion dost thou hunt for me; and again thou showest thyself continually wonderful on me;
Job 16:9In his wrath he teareth me to pieces, and assaileth me: he gnasheth over me with his teeth; my adversary sendeth threatening looks at me.
Job 29:2Who will give me back months like those which are past, days like those when God guarded me;
Job 31:35Oh who will bring me one that would hear me! behold, here is my plea; may the Almighty answer me; and any record which my opponent may have written,—
Psalms 10:1Wherefore, O Lord, standest thou afar off? hidest thyself in times of distress?
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 →