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 tell God, 'Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.

"Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

He said, "I will hide my face from them. I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.

Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:

Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Holdest me

He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.

He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.

You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.

oh that I had one to hear me! (behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); let the accuser write my indictment!

Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.

Samuel said, "Why then do you ask of me, since Yahweh has departed from you and has become your adversary?

The Lord is become as an enemy, he has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all her palaces, he has destroyed his strongholds; He has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

Don't count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

General references

Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies!'