Job 13:24

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

Cross-reference

Job 10:2 Parallel

In Job 10:2, Job asks God to show why He contends — parallel to his complaint here about God hiding His face.

Job 19:11 Parallel

Job 19:11 uses nearly the same phrase — 'counts me as his adversary' — directly echoing Job 13:24's complaint.

Job 33:10 Citation

Job 33:10 quotes Job's own words — 'he counts me as his enemy' — confirming the accusation.

Job 7:21 Parallel

In Job 7:21, Job earlier asks why God does not pardon him — same complaint about God's harsh treatment, reinforcing the theme of divine alienation.

Job 29:3 Contrast

In Job 29:3, Job remembers God's light shining on him — contrasting the darkness of God hiding His face now.

Job 29:2 Contrast

In Job 29:2, Job recalls past days when God preserved him — contrasting with his present sense of being hidden from.

In Lamentations 2:5, the Lord is described as 'an enemy' to Israel, directly echoing Job's complaint that God counts him as an enemy.

Psalm 88:14 Allusion

Psalm 88:14 repeats Job's exact question about God hiding his face, reinforcing the lament.

Psalm 44:24 Allusion

Psalm 44:24 echoes Job's exact complaint — God hiding his face from suffering, reinforcing the feeling of divine abandonment.

Psalm 13:1 Allusion

In Psalm 13:1, the psalmist asks how long God will hide His face — nearly identical to Job's complaint of divine hiddenness.

Psalm 10:1 Parallel

In Psalm 10:1, the psalmist asks why God hides in trouble — echoing Job's lament of God hiding His face.

1 Samuel 28:16 describes the Lord becoming Saul's enemy — a parallel to Job's feeling that God counts him as enemy.

In Psalm 104:29, God's hiding His face causes creatures to be troubled — parallels Job's experience of God's hiddenness and distress.

In Jeremiah 30:14, God says He has dealt His people 'the blow of an enemy,' mirroring Job's claim that God counts him as an enemy.

In Deuteronomy 31:17, God says He will hide His face from Israel because of sin, directly parallel to Job's lament that God hides His face from him.

In Deuteronomy 32:20, God hides His face from a rebellious generation — using the same idiom Job applies to his own suffering.

Isaiah 8:17 Contrast

Isaiah 8:17 uses the same 'hiding his face' motif, but expresses patient hope — a different response to Job's complaint.