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Job 13:24–25

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Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
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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.

From verse 25

  1. Job 21:18Rank 1 from verse 25
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    18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

  2. Leviticus 26:36Rank 2 from verse 25
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    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.

  3. 1 Samuel 24:14Rank 3 from verse 25
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    14After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

  4. Isaiah 17:13Rank 4 from verse 25
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    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.

  5. Job 14:3Rank 5 from verse 25
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    3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

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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

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Job 13:25

COMBINED MEANING

wilt

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Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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

break

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1. To separate, fracture, burst, or open. 2. To interrupt or violate. 3. To subdue. 4. To burst forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

leaf

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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

COMBINED MEANING

driven

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Past-participial form of drive: impelled, forced, urged, carried, or moved onward or away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fro

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

pursue

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1. To follow or chase in order to overtake. 2. To seek after and continue earnestly toward an aim.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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dry

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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

COMBINED MEANING

stubble

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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.

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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26For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

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