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Job 13:24

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

KJV

Cur faciem tuam abscondis, et arbitraris me inimicum tuum ?

Vulgate

διὰ τί ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ κρύπτῃ, ἥγησαι δέ με ὑπεναντίον σοι;

LXX

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

ASV

לָֽ/מָּה פָנֶ֥י/ךָ תַסְתִּ֑יר וְ/תַחְשְׁבֵ֖/נִי לְ/אוֹיֵ֣ב לָֽ/ךְ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חָשַׁ֖ב
chshb
verb · 123×
י
y
verb · 282×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִי
ny
verb · 82×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 32:20 — And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
  • Deut 32:43 — Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
  • Isa 8:17 — And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
  • Job 16:9 — He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
  • Job 19:11 — He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
  • Job 19:11 — He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
  • Job 31:35 — Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
  • Job 33:10 — Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
  • Job 33:10 — Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
  • Lam 2:5 — The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
  • Ps 10:1 — Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
  • Ps 13:1 — How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
  • Ps 13:1 — How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
  • Ps 44:24 — Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
  • Ps 44:24 — Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
  • Ps 88:14 — LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
  • Ps 88:14 — LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?