Job 13:24

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Summary

Job 13:24

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

Hidest thou

Holdest me

General references

Genesis 42:14

Bible References

Hidest thou

I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.'

"O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,

He said, "I will reject them, I will see what will happen to them; for they are a perverse generation, children who show no loyalty.

Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?

For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?

Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?

I said, "During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully." I tried to make sense of what was happening.

O Lord, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?

I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.

Holdest me

His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.

You have become cruel to me; with the strength of your hand you attack me.

"If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature -- let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.

Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!

Samuel said, "Why are you asking me, now that the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy?

(He) The Lord, like an enemy, destroyed Israel. He destroyed all her palaces; he ruined her fortified cities. He made everyone in Daughter Judah mourn and lament.

Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

General references

But Joseph told them, "It is just as I said to you: You are spies!