Translations
Modern
Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
Traditional
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Literal
Why do You hide Your face and consider me as an enemy unto You?
Latin
Cur faciem tuam abscondis, et arbitraris me inimicum tuum?
Original
Hebrew
English
Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
Notes
God can turn away in "anger"(Deuteronomy 31:18; Isaiah 54:8; Jeremiah 33:5). Or he can choose not to show friendship (Psalms 30:7; 69:17; 102:2).
Job, perhaps making a play of words on his own name (’iyyob), denied being God's enemy (’oyeb).
Events
- Job's Trialc. 1650 BC
Glossary
Topics
Prayer Under Affliction: That we May Know the Causes of Our Trouble Reasoning with God Sin: Separates from God