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Job 13:23–24

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How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
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From verse 23

  1. Job 36:8–9Rank 1 from verse 23
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    8And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

    9Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

  2. Psalms 139:23Rank 2 from verse 23
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    23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

  3. Psalms 44:20–21Rank 3 from verse 23
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    20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

    21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

  4. Job 22:5Rank 4 from verse 23
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    5Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

From verse 24

  1. Job 19:11Rank 1 from verse 24
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    11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

  2. Lamentations 2:5Rank 2 from verse 24
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    5The 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.

  3. Psalms 13:1Rank 3 from verse 24
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    1HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

  4. Deuteronomy 32:20Rank 4 from verse 24
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    20And 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.

  5. Isaiah 8:17Rank 5 from verse 24
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    17And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

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Job 13:23

COMBINED MEANING

iniquities

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Acts or conditions of wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sins

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Transgressions or offences against God and his law, and the guilt for them.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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transgression

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The act of passing beyond or violating a law, command, or rule of duty; an offense, fault, or sin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sin

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1. Wrongdoing against God and his law; transgression or unrighteousness. 2. The guilt or burden of such wrongdoing, or the inward principle so named. 3. As a verb, to commit such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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Job 13:24

COMBINED MEANING

wherefore

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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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22Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

23How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

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24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

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25Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

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