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Job 13:24 Cross-References
Explore 17 cross-references for Job 13:24 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 13 verse 24 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?”
Job 13:24 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 13:24
Job laments God's hiddenness: 'Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?' The hidden face of God represents divine favor's withdrawal—a terrifying experience for the faithful. Job's question 'Why?' expresses his deepest pain: not just physical suffering but the sense that God has become his adversary. This prefigures Christ's cry of dereliction (Matthew 27:46), where the truly innocent One experiences divine abandonment.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 13:24
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“He hath also kindled his wrath against me”
“Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?”
“he has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all her palaces”
“who hides his face from the house of Jacob”
“he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.”
“I will hide my face from them. I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very perverse generation”
“and forget our affliction and our oppression?”
“why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?”
“and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.”