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Job 13:20-21

Yet the thought recurs before whom he is to appear and against whom he has to maintain his plea, and he begs God to grant two conditions, cf. ch. Job 9:34-35.

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See also Job 13:20-21 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 13:20. _ONLY DO NOT TWO_ THINGS _UNTO ME_] These _two_ things are the following: 1. _Withdraw thine hand far from me_-remove the heavy affliction which thy hand has inflicted. 2. _Let not...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ONLY DO NOT TWO - things “unto me.” The two things which are specified in the following verse. This is an address to God as Job argues his cause before him, and the request is, that he would remove ev...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 12-14 JOB'S ANSWER TO ZOPHAR _ 1. His sarcasm (Job 12:1)_ 2. He describes God's power (Job 12:7) 3. He denounces his friends (Job 13:1) 4. He appeals to God ...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    6. He calls on God for an arraignment. (Job 13:20-28) TEXT 13:20-28 20 Only do NOT TWO THINGS UNTO ME: Then will I not hide myself from thy face: 21 WITHDRAW THY HAND far FROM ME; And let not thy...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _ONLY DO NOT TWO THINGS UNTO ME: THEN WILL I NOT HIDE MYSELF FROM THEE._ Address to God. NOT HIDE - stand forth boldly to maintain my cause....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S THIRD SPEECH (CONTINUED) 1-12. Job claims to understand as much about God as the friends. He rejects their opinion as to the cause of his troubles, and regards it as an attempt to curry favour...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 13 JOB CONTINUES HIS REPLY...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Job was still suffering greatly. He asked God to take the pain away. Then Job would be ready to speak to God as his judge....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WILL I NOT HIDE MYSELF FROM THEE — _i.e._, “I shall not be hidden” — quite a different word from that in Genesis 3:10, though the comparison of the two places is not without interest....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אַךְ ־שְׁ֭תַּיִם אַל ־תַּ֣עַשׂ עִמָּדִ֑י אָ֥ז...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD Job 12:1; Job 13:1; Job 14:1 Job SPEAKS ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which must not be set down altogether to the fact that he is the third to spe...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THOUGH HE SLAY ME” Job 13:1 The sufferer first rebukes his friends, Job 13:4. Then he makes an appeal to God, affirming that he was no hypocrite, and asking that his sins, for which he was sufferin...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Continuing his answer, Job restated his conviction that his knowledge was not inferior to theirs, and declared that his appeal was to God (1-3). Before making this appeal there is an introductory pass...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Only. He makes the same petition to God as [in] chap. ix. 34., and xxxiii. 7. (Haydock)_...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    ONLY DO NOT TWO [THINGS] UNTO ME,.... This is an address not to Zophar as in the place of God, as to me, but to God himself; by this it appears, that though in modesty he does not mention him, yet he...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Only do not two [things] unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee. Ver. 20. _Only do not two things unto me_] Accord me only two conditions, and then I will not fly the combat. He knew he might...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Let me only beg, O great Judge of all, that thou wilt forbear to make use of _two things_ against _me. Then will I not hide myself from thee_ Then will I appear confidently to plead my cause before th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Only do not two things unto me, those mentioned in the next verse, calamities and terror; THEN WILL I NOT HIDE MYSELF FROM THEE, rather standing forth boldly to maintain his cause....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Job's Comfort and Prayer...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB DECLARES HIMSELF FULLY EQUAL TO HIS FRIENDS (vv.1-12) Job has spoken at length of God's wisdom and power, now he tells Zophar that his eye has seen all this, his ear has heard it and understood...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "Job has not hesitated to address God earlier (Job 7:12-21; Job 9:28-33; Job 10:2-19), nor will he now (Job 13:20-

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    13-22 Job resolved to cleave to the testimony his own conscience gave of his uprightness. He depended upon God for justification and salvation, the two great things we hope for through Christ. Tempor...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Which two he expresseth JOB 13:21. Then shall I boldly present myself and cause before thee....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 13:20 two H8147 do H6213 (H8799) hide H5641 (H8735) You H6440 do not two - Job 9:34-35

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job's answer to three friends continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends. CONCLUSION: We should presevere in the way of duty, though it cost us all that is dear to us in this world, re...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 13:4. _Forgers of lies,_ misconstruing the ways of providence. Job 13:10 , _He will surely reprove you,_ though under a specious veil you accept of persons. Job 13:12. _Your remembrances are like...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 13:20 ONLY GRANT ME TWO THINGS. Job abruptly shifts from warning his friends to pleading his case with God. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR—CONTINUED_ I. Job re-asserts his knowledge of the Divine procedure as not inferior to that of his friends (Job 13:1). “Lo, mine eye,” &c. Right in certain circumstances to main...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 13:1, JOB 13:2 The first two verses of Job 13:1. are closely connected with Job 12:1; fo

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood. Now what you know, the same I also know. I am not inferior to you. Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I would desire to reason wit...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Genesis 3:8; Job 9:34; Job 9:35; Psalms 139:12; Revelation 6:15;...

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