Job

Job 13:24–25

²⁴Why do You hide Your face

and consider me as Your enemy?

²⁵Would You frighten a windblown leaf?

Would You chase after dry chaff?

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	לָֽמָּה־	lām·māh-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
do You hide	תַסְתִּ֑יר	ṯas·tîr	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5641 hide, conceal
Your face	פָנֶ֥יךָ	p̄ā·ne·ḵā	Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6440 face, before
and consider me	וְתַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי	wə·ṯaḥ·šə·ḇê·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H2803 think, account
as Your	לָֽךְ׃	lāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular
enemy	לְאוֹיֵ֣ב	lə·’ō·w·yêḇ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H341 be hostile to

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Would You frighten	תַּעֲר֑וֹץ	ta·‘ă·rō·wṣ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H6206 cause to tremble, tremble
a windblown	נִדָּ֣ף	nid·dāp̄	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H5086 drive, drive asunder
leaf	הֶעָלֶ֣ה	he·‘ā·leh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5929 leaf, leafage
Would You chase after	תִּרְדֹּֽף׃	tir·dōp̄	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7291 pursue, chase, persecute
dry	יָבֵ֣שׁ	yā·ḇêš	Adjective - masculine singular	H3002 dry, dried
chaff	קַ֖שׁ	qaš	Noun - masculine singular	H7179 stubble, chaff

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 13:24 Job 19:11 · Lamentations 2:5 · Psalm 13:1 · Psalm 44:24 · Psalm 88:14 · Job 33:10 · Deuteronomy 32:20 · Isaiah 8:17

Job 13:25 Leviticus 26:36 · Job 21:18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.