Job 13:24

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 13:24 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:20He 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.
  2. 1 Samuel 28:16“Why do you consult me,” asked Samuel, “since the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy?
  3. Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
  4. Job 10:16Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
  5. Job 10:17You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.
  6. Job 16:9His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
  7. Job 19:11His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
  8. Job 29:2“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
  9. Job 30:21You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
  10. Job 31:35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
  11. Job 33:10Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
  12. Psalms 10:1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
  13. Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
  14. Psalms 44:24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
  15. Psalms 44:25For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
  16. Psalms 77:6At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
  17. Psalms 88:14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
  18. Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
  19. Lamentations 2:5The 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.
  20. 2 Thessalonians 3:15Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

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