Job 13:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָֽמָּה־פָנֶ֥יךָ תַסְתִּ֑יר וְתַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי לְאוֹיֵ֣ב לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

lāmmâ-p̄āneykā t̄astîr wet̄aḥšebēnî leʾôyēb lāk

Grammar Details

• *lāmmâ*: interrogative adverb - why
• *p̄āneykā*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face
• *t̄astîr*: verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you hide
• *wet̄aḥšebēnî*: conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and consider me
• *leʾôyēb*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - as enemy
• *lāk*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you

Word Meanings

• *p̄āneykā* *t̄astîr*: hide your face/conceal your presence
• *t̄aḥšebēnî*: consider me/regard me/count me
• *ʾôyēb*: enemy/foe/adversary

Referenced Verses

• Job 19:11 : 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
• Ps 13:1 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
• Lam 2:5 : 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 88:14 : 14 LORD, why castest thou off{H8799)} my soul? why hidest{H8686)} thou thy face from me?
• Isa 8:17 : 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
• Ps 44:24 : 24 Wherefore hidest{H8686)} thou thy face, and forgettest{H8799)} our affliction and our oppression?
• Job 33:10 : 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
• Deut 32:20 : 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.
• 1 Sam 28:16 : 16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
• Job 10:2 : 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
• Job 16:9 : 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 29:2-3 : 2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
• Job 30:21 : 21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
• Job 31:35 : 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.
• Ps 10:1 : 1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
• Ps 77:6-9 : 6 I call to remembrance{H8799)} my song in the night: I commune{H8799)} with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search{H8762)}. 7 Will the Lord cast off{H8799)} for ever? and will{H8686)} he be favourable{H8800)} no more? 8 Is his mercy clean gone{H8804)} for ever? doth his promise fail{H8804)} for evermore? 9 Hath God forgotten{H8804)} to be gracious{H8800)}? hath he in anger shut up{H8804)} his tender mercies? Selah.
• 2 Thess 3:15 : 15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.