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Ayub 13:20

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Reasoning;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Job;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Job, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

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Contextual Overview

13 Holde your tongues for my sake, that I also may speake, and my sorowe shalbe the lesse. 14 Wherefore do I beare my fleshe in my teeth, and put my soule in myne handes? 15 Lo, though he slay me, yet wyl I trust in him: but I wyll reproue myne owne wayes in his sight. 16 He shalbe my saluation: for there may no hypocrite come before him. 17 Heare diligently my wordes, and ponder my sayinges with your eares. 18 Beholde, now haue I prepared my iudgement, and knowe that I shalbe founde righteous. 19 What is he that wyll go to lawe with me? if I now holde my tongue I dye. 20 Neuerthelesse, graunt me two thinges, and then wyll I not hide my selfe from thee: 21 Withdrawe thyne hande from me, and let not the fearefull dreade of thee make me afrayde. 22 Then call, and I wyll aunswere: or let me speake, and geue me then an aunswere.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

do not two: Job 9:34, Job 9:35

hide myself: Genesis 3:8-10, Psalms 139:12, Revelation 6:15, Revelation 6:16

Gill's Notes on the 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 it is he has the chief, if not the sole regard unto in Job 13:19; for his desire was to speak to the Almighty, and reason with God, and have nothing more to do with his friends, Job 13:3; but before any pleadings begin on either side, he is desirous of settling and fixing the terms and conditions of the dispute; he requests that two things might be granted him, which are mentioned in Job 13:21:

then will I not hide myself from thee; through fear or shame, but boldly appear before God, and come up even to his seat, and plead with him face to face.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 every obstacle to his presenting his cause in the most favorable manner, and so that he may be on equal terms with him. See the notes at Job 9:34-35. He was ready to present his cause, and to plead before God, as Job 13:18 he had the utmost confidence that he would be able so to present it as to vindicate himself; and he asks of God that he would withdraw his hand for a time Job 13:21 and not terrify him Job 13:21, so that he could present his case with the full vigor of his mind and body, and so that he need not be overawed by the sense of the majesty and glory of the Most High. He wished to be free to present his cause without the impediments arising from a deeply distressing and painful malady. He wished to have his full intellectual and bodily vigor restored for a time to him, and then he was confident that he could successfully defend himself. He felt that, he was now enfeebled by disease, and incapacitated from making the effort for self-vindication and for maintaining his cause, which he would have been enabled to make in his palmy days.

Then will I not hide myself from thee - From God. I will stand forth boldly and maintain my cause. I will not attempt to conceal myself, or shun the trial and the argument. See Job 9:34-35.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 thy dread make me afraid-terrify me not with dreadful displays of thy majesty. The reasons of this request are sufficiently evident:

1. How can a man stand in a court of justice and plead for his life, when under grievous bodily affliction? Withdraw thy hand far from me.

2. Is it to be expected that a man can be sufficiently recollected, and in self-possession, to plead for his life, when he is overwhelmed with the awful appearance of the judge, the splendour of the court, and the various ensigns of justice? Let not thy dread make me afraid.


 
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