Job 13:21
The first thing that I request is that you stop punishing [IDM] me; and the second thing that I request is that you stop causing me to be very terrified.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
In Context
22You speak first, and then I will reply; or allow me to speak first, and then you reply.
Cross References
Job 9:34I wish/desire that he would stop punishing [MTY] me, and that he would not continue to terrify me.
Job 13:11He will certainly [RHQ] cause you to be terrified by his power/greatness; you will become extremely afraid.
Job 33:7So you do not need to be afraid of me; I will not crush/oppress you by what I say [MTY].
Psalms 119:120I [SYN] tremble because I am afraid of you; I am afraid because you punish those who do not obey ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►.
Matthew Henry on Job 13:14-23
13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will. 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. 16 He also shall be my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him. 17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. 18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. 19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I… Read the whole commentary →