Job 13:24

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

"Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?" - Job 13:24
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What does Job 13:24 mean?

Job 13:24 in the King James Version (KJV) states: "Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?" This verse comes from the Book of Job in the Old Testament, and it is part of a larger passage in which Job, a righteous man who experiences immense suffering, is…

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In the Shadows of Silence: A Journey Through Job 13:24

In the book of Job, we encounter one of the most profound struggles of faith and suffering. Job, a man described as upright, fears God, and shuns evil, finds himself in a place of unbearable anguish, having lost his family, wealth, and health. In Job 13:24, we find him crying…

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Seeking Understanding in the Silence of God

O Merciful and Everlasting God, We come before You today in a spirit of humility, recognizing the depths of our humanity and the vastness of Your majesty. As we sit in the solitude of our hearts, we echo the words of Job, pleading with you, “Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and…

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Job 13:24 - "Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?"
Job 24:13 - "They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof."
"They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof." - Job 24:13
Job 24:24 - "They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn."
Job 19:24 - "That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!"
Job 24:8 - "They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter."
Job 24:9 - "They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor."
Job 24:7 - "They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold."
Job 21:24 - "His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow."
Job 36:24 - "Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold."
Job 24:14 - "The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief."
Job 24:3 - "They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge."
Job 28:24 - "For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;"
Job 24:21 - "He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow."
Job 39:13-25
Job 2:11-13
Job 24:4 - "They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together."
Job 24:6 - "They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked."
Job 24:2 - "Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof."
Job 29:24 - "If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down."
Job 2:11-13
Job 2:11-13
Job 40:24 - "He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares."
Job 41:24 - "His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone."
Job 24:11 - "Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst."
Luke 13:24
Genesis 24-13
Job 39:24 - "He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet."
Job 37:24 - "Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart."