withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.
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withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.
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Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
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Withdraw Thy hand far from me; and let not Thy terror make me afraid.
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to Job 13:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 9:34 Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;
- Job 33:7 Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
- Psalms 39:10 Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
- Job 10:20 Aren’t my days few? Stop! Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
- Job 13:11 Shall not his majesty make you afraid, and his dread fall on you?
- Job 22:15-17 Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden, who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream, who said to God, ‘Depart from us;’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
- Psalms 119:120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He showeth what these two things are.
He showeth what these two things are.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 13:21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and…
Job 13:21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Ver. 21. Withdraw thy hand from me, and let not, &c.] Neither afflict me nor frighten me. See the same request, Job 9:34, and granted by God, Job 38:3; Job 40:7. They must be very sorry prayers indeed that God will not hear, if they come from honest hearts: Psa 31:22, "I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee." For the sense of this whole verse - {See Trapp on "Job 9:34"}
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And let not thy dread make me afraid] Appear not unto me in thy majesty, but in thy mercy; come not upon me in such a terrific manner, as through astonishment at thy surpassing glory to kill me, for who can see thy face and live? Surely, as the sight of the eye is dazzled with the sun, or a crystal glass broken with the fire, so there is so much dread in the face of God that the best cannot behold it. Destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure, Job 31:23.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain i.e. Suspend my torments during the time of my…
i.e. Suspend my torments during the time of my pleading with thee, that my mind may be at liberty; and do not present thyself to me in terrible majesty, neither deal with me in rigorous justice; but hear me meekly, as one man heareth another, and plead with me upon those gracious terms wherewith thou usest to deal with mankind.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Withdraw thine hand far from me,.... His afflicting hand,…
Withdraw thine hand far from me,.... His afflicting hand, which pressed him; this he desires might be removed, or otherwise he could not have the command of himself, make use of his reasoning faculties, recollect his arguments, and give them in their due force and strength; for afflictions of body affect the soul and memory, understanding and judgment; this is one of the things he would have agreed unto before the dispute was entered on; the other follows:
and let not thy dread make me afraid; the terrors of his law, or the dreadful apprehensions of his wrath; he desires to be freed from all slavish fear of God, that now possessed his mind through the severity of his dispensations towards him, behaving as if he was his enemy; or he deprecates his appearance in any external visible way and manner, which might be frightening to him, and so hinder freedom of speech in his own defence; these two things are before requested, Job 9:34; which should they be granted, he proposes as follows.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Withdraw - Suspend my torments during the time of…
Withdraw - Suspend my torments during the time of my pleading with thee, that my mind may be at liberty. Do not present thyself to me in terrible majesty, neither deal with me in rigorous justice.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Withdraw thine hand far from me - Notes Job…
Withdraw thine hand far from me - Notes Job 9:34. The hand of God here is used to denote the calamity or affliction which Job was suffering. The meaning is, “Remove my affliction; restore me to health, and I will then enter on the argument in vindication of my cause. I am now oppressed, and broken down, and enfeebled by disease, and I cannot present it with the vigor which I might evince if I were in health.”
And let not thy dread make me afraid - “Do not so overpower me by thy severe majesty, that I cannot present my cause in a calm and composed manner.” See the notes at Job 9:34. Job felt that God had power to overawe him, and he asked, therefore, that he might have a calm and composed mind, and then he would be able to do justice to his own cause.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain (See on Job 9:34 and see Psa 39:10).
(See on Job 9:34 and see Psa 39:10).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 21. Thy dread — Thy terror; “the terror of…
21. Thy dread — Thy terror; “the terror of the Lord.” (2Co_5:11.)
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) Withdraw thine hand far from me.—That is, “Cease…
(21) Withdraw thine hand far from me.—That is, “Cease to torture me bodily, and to terrify me mentally; let me at least have freedom from physical pain and the undue apprehension of Thy terrors.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Withdraw thine hand far from me; i.e. "thy afflicting…
Withdraw thine hand far from me; i.e. "thy afflicting hand." Job views all his physical suffering as coming directly from the hand of God momentarily caused by him, and therefore removable by him at any moment. He has no thought for secondary causes. And let not thy dread make me afraid. Job speaks here and elsewhere of spiritual terrors those vague and impalpable fears which suggest themselves inwardly to the soul, and are tar more painful, far more dreadful, than any amount of bodily anguish. Unless he is free from these, as well as from physical pains, he cannot plead his cause freely and fully.
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