Job 13:24 “Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?”

Job 13:24

Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and takest me for thine enemie?

Darby Translation

Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy?

Young's Literal Translation

Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?

Bible in Basic English

Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

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Cross references

“hidest thou”

Psalm 13:1 Deuteronomy 32:20 Psalm 44:24 Psalm 88:14 Isaiah 8:17 Job 10:2

Psalm 13:1 · BSB

How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

Deuteronomy 32:20 · BSB

He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation— children of unfaithfulness.

Psalm 44:24 · BSB

Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

Psalm 88:14 · BSB

Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

Isaiah 8:17 · BSB

I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

Job 10:2 · BSB

I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.

“holdest me”

Job 19:11 Lamentations 2:5 Job 33:10 Job 16:9 Job 30:21 Job 31:35

Job 19:11 · BSB

His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.

Lamentations 2:5 · BSB

The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.

Job 33:10 · BSB

Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.

Job 16:9 · BSB

His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

Job 30:21 · BSB

You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.

Job 31:35 · BSB

(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.

25Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?

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