King James Version
Job 13:21 in the King James Version says “Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.” — study this verse from Job chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.”
Job 13:21 · KJV
Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“thine hand”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“Withdraw”
H7368to widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
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