Job 13:21
in Job 13Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.
KJV
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
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This verse in Job 13
Commentary
7 notes on this verseWithdraw Thine hand far from me, and let not Thy dread make me afraid. By which same two what else does he ask in a voice of prophecy, but the season of grace and redemption? For the Law held the people obnoxious to the stroke of vengeance, that whoso committed sin under its yoke, should be forthwith punished with death. Nor did the Israelitish people serve God from a principle of love, but of fear. But righteousness can never be perfected by fear, seeing that according to the voice of John, perfect love casteth out fear.
This site's exposition
grant these two things to me
on Job 13:20-22
Job asks God for two terms before the trial opens: "Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me". "Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply" offers God either place in the exchange, plaintiff or defendant.
This site's exposition
Withdraw Your hand from me
Job names the two things of verse 20. Barnes reads the hand as Job's affliction and points to Job 9:34, where Job asked God to remove His rod. With the affliction and the terror withdrawn, Job would argue his case.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
The lack of clarity in the text could be explained in the following way. Job says, "If you want to treat me as the friends say, as if you wanted to show my wickedness, I will hide from your face." But if I am right, …
The Medieval Church1 voice
He shows these two things when he says, "Keep your hand far from me," that is, do not whip me with the scourges of the present. "And let not your power terrify me," with future punishments. For a man can be impeded in these two …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Withdraw thine hand far from me,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
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.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כַּ֭פְּךָ | kapekha | hand your | H3709 → | 192 times |
| מֵעָלַ֣י | mealai | from on <the> me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַרְחַ֑ק | harchak | put far away | H7368 → | 57 times |
| וְ֝אֵ֥מָתְךָ֗ | veematekha | and dread your | H367 → | 17 times |
| אַֽל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ | tevaatani | it terrify me | H1204 → | 16 times |
כַּ֭פְּךָhand your
kapekhaH3709 →192 times
מֵעָלַ֣יfrom on <the> me
mealaiH5921 →5755 times
הַרְחַ֑קput far away
harchakH7368 →57 times
וְ֝אֵ֥מָתְךָ֗and dread your
veematekhaH367 →17 times
אַֽל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃it terrify me
tevaataniH1204 →16 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 39:10Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
it leads to
- Job 9:34
Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 32:4
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Job 9:34
Through
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
it leads to
- Habakkuk 3:16
I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the…
- Daniel 10:8–11
So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
- Hebrews 12:28–29
Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
- Hebrews 12:21
The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”
- Isaiah 66:2
Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles…
- Habakkuk 3:16
Through
Job 9:34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
it leads to
- Psalms 39:10
Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
- Psalms 39:10
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Job
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Job; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Didymus the Blind, COMMENTARY ON JOB 13:20-21; Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XI; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.