Job 13:24–25
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemie?
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Wilt thou breake a leafe driuen to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the drie stubble?
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From verse 24
- Lamentations 2:5Rank 2 from verse 24
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.
5The LORD was an enemie: he hath swallowed vp Israel, hee hath swallowed vp all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Iudah mourning and lamentation.
- Psalms 13:1Rank 3 from verse 24
- Deuteronomy 32:20Rank 4 from verse 24
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.
20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their ende shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
- Isaiah 8:17Rank 5 from verse 24
- Psalms 44:24Rank 7 from verse 24
- Psalms 88:14Rank 8 from verse 24
- 1 Samuel 28:16Rank 9 from verse 24
- 2 Thessalonians 3:15Rank 10 from verse 24
- Job 29:2–3Rank 13 from verse 24
2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
2O that I were as in moneths past, as in the dayes when God preserued me.
3When his †candle shined vpon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkenesse:
- Psalms 10:1Rank 16 from verse 24
- Psalms 77:6–9Rank 17 from verse 24
6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
8Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine owne heart, and my spirit made diligent search.
7Will the LORD cast off for euer? and will hee be fauourable no more?
8†Is his mercy cleane gone for euer? doth his promise faile for euermore?
9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut vp his tender mercies? Selah.
From verse 25
- Leviticus 26:36Rank 2 from verse 25
36And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
36And vpon them that are left aliue of you, I will send a faintnesse into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a †shaken leafe shall chase them, and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword: and they shall fall, when none pursueth.
- 1 Samuel 24:14Rank 3 from verse 25
- Isaiah 17:13Rank 4 from verse 25
13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
13‖The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee farre off, and shalbe chased as the chaffe of the mountaines before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlewind.
- Matthew 12:20Rank 6 from verse 25
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Job 13:24
1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.
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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
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.
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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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Job 13:25
Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.
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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
1. To separate, fracture, burst, or open. 2. To interrupt or violate. 3. To subdue. 4. To burst forth.
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A usually thin, expanded part of a plant growing from a stem or branch.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Past-participial form of drive: impelled, forced, urged, carried, or moved onward or away.
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Away or back in the opposite direction, chiefly in the phrase to and fro, meaning repeatedly this way and that, back and forth, or from place to place.
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1. To follow or chase in order to overtake. 2. To seek after and continue earnestly toward an aim.
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Sense 1: Without moisture. Sense 2: To become or make free from moisture.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The dry stalks left after grain is cut or threshed, easily driven or burned.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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23How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
23How many are mine iniquities and sinnes? make mee to knowe my transgression, and my sinne.
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemie?
Selected passage25Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
25Wilt thou breake a leafe driuen to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the drie stubble?
Selected passage26For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
26For thou writest bitter things against mee, and *makest me to possesse the iniquities of my youth.