Job 13:24
Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
In Context
23How many iniquities and sins have I? My transgression and my sin let me know.
25A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:16And Samuel saith, 'And why dost thou ask me, and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee, and is thine enemy?
Job 10:16And it riseth — as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back — Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me.
Job 16:9His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.
Job 29:2Who doth make me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God's preserving me?
Job 31:35Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.
Psalms 10:1Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,
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 →