Jób 13:21

Biblia Karoli Gaspar

Vedd le rólam kezedet, és a te rettentésed ne rettentsen engem.

Bible Verse Review
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Withdraw: Job 10:20, Job 22:15-17

let not: Job 13:11, Job 33:7, Psalms 119:120

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 21:30 - he was afraid Job 22:10 - sudden Job 23:6 - plead Job 31:35 - General Job 40:2 - he that reproveth Psalms 39:10 - Remove Lamentations 2:8 - he hath not Ezekiel 20:22 - I withdrew

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.