Job 13:24
New International Version
Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?

New Living Translation
Why do you turn away from me? Why do you treat me as your enemy?

English Standard Version
Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy?

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

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

New King James Version
Why do You hide Your face, And regard me as Your enemy?

New American Standard Bible
“Why do You hide Your face And consider me Your enemy?

NASB 1995
“Why do You hide Your face And consider me Your enemy?

NASB 1977
“Why dost Thou hide Thy face, And consider me Thine enemy?

Legacy Standard Bible
Why do You hide Your face And think of me as Your enemy?

Amplified Bible
“Why do You hide Your face [as if offended] And consider me Your enemy?

Christian Standard Bible
Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?

Holman Christian Standard 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?

Contemporary English Version
Why have you turned your back and count me your enemy?

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Why do you hide your face [from me] and consider me your enemy?

Good News Translation
Why do you avoid me? Why do you treat me like an enemy?

International Standard Version
Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

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

NET Bible
Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

New Heart English Bible
Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy?

Webster's Bible Translation
Why hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thy enemy?

World English Bible
Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Why do You hide Your face? And reckon me for an enemy to You?

Young's Literal Translation
Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?

Smith's Literal Translation
Why wilt thou hide thy face, and reckon me for an enemy to thee?
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Why do you conceal your face and consider me to be your enemy?

New American Bible
Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?

New Revised Standard Version
Why do you hide your face, and count me as your enemy?
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Wherefore dost thou hide thy face from me, and considerest me as thine enemy?

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Why do you turn your face from me and you consider me as an enemy to you?
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, And holdest me for Thine enemy?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Wherefore hidest thou thyself from me, and deemest me thine enemy?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Job Reproves His Friends
23How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin. 24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy? 25Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?…

Cross References
Psalm 10:1
Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

Psalm 22:1
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

Lamentations 3:8
Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

Psalm 44:24
Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

Psalm 88:14
Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

Isaiah 54:8
In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.

Deuteronomy 31:17-18
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’ / And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

Psalm 13:1
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

Psalm 30:7
O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

Habakkuk 1:13
Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

Matthew 27:46
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Mark 15:34
At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.


Treasury of Scripture

Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy?

hidest thou

Job 10:2
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

Job 29:2,3
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; …

Deuteronomy 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.

holdest me

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 30:21
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

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Job 13
1. Job reproves his friends for partiality
14. He professes his confidence in God;
19. and entreats to know his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him














Why do You hide Your face
The phrase "hide Your face" is deeply rooted in the Hebrew understanding of God's presence. The Hebrew word for "face" is "panim," which often signifies God's favor and presence. In the ancient Near Eastern context, the face of a king or deity represented approval and blessing. When Job laments that God hides His face, he is expressing a profound sense of divine absence and perceived disfavor. This imagery is consistent with other biblical passages where God's hidden face signifies judgment or testing (e.g., Deuteronomy 31:17-18). Job's cry reflects a heart yearning for the reassurance of God's presence, a theme that resonates with believers who seek God's guidance and comfort in times of trial.

and consider me as Your enemy?
The word "consider" in Hebrew is "chashab," which can mean to think, plan, or reckon. Job feels that God is regarding him as an adversary, which is a stark contrast to the relationship he desires. The term "enemy" in Hebrew is "oyeb," often used to describe a foe or one who opposes. Historically, this reflects the ancient belief that suffering was a sign of divine displeasure or enmity. Job's use of this language underscores his confusion and distress, as he struggles to reconcile his understanding of God's justice with his own suffering. This plea is a poignant reminder of the human struggle to comprehend divine purposes, encouraging believers to trust in God's ultimate wisdom and justice, even when His ways are inscrutable.

Verse 24. - Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? What is thy reason for withdrawing from me the light of thy countenance, and behaving towards me as though thou weft mine enemy? Job does not believe God to be his enemy. He knows that God will one day be his Salvation (ver. 16); but he recognizes a present alienation, and desires to be made acquainted with the cause of it.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Why
לָֽמָּה־ (lām·māh-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

do You hide
תַסְתִּ֑יר (ṯas·tîr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal

Your face
פָנֶ֥יךָ (p̄ā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

and consider me
וְתַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי (wə·ṯaḥ·šə·ḇê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 2803: To think, account

as Your
לָֽךְ׃ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

enemy?
לְאוֹיֵ֣ב (lə·’ō·w·yêḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary


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