And if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion: And again thou shewest thyself marvelous upon me.
Job 13:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why do You hide Your face [as if offended] and alienate me as if I were Your enemy? American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy? Common English Bible Why hide your face from me and consider me your enemy? Catholic Public Domain Version Why do you conceal your face and consider me to be your enemy? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy? |
And if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion: And again thou shewest thyself marvelous upon me.
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me; Changes and warfare are with me.
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries.
Thou art turned to be cruel to me: With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me;) And that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
How long, O LORD, wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
And I will wait for the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel; he hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strong holds: and he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
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.
And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?