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Selected Verse: Job 13:24 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 13:24 |
King James |
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
hidest . . . face--a figure from the gloomy impression caused by the sudden clouding over of the sun.
enemy--God treated Job as an enemy who must be robbed of power by ceaseless sufferings (Job 7:17, Job 7:21). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Wherefore hidest thou thy face - To hide the face, or to turn it away, is expressive of disapprobation. We turn away the face when we are offended with anyone. See the notes at Isa 1:15.
And holdest me for thine enemy - Regardest and treatest me as an enemy. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Wherefore hidest thou thy face - Why is it that I no longer enjoy thy approbation?
Holdest me for thine enemy? - Treatest me as if I were the vilest of sinners? |
21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.