Job 13 · Verse 20

Job 13:20

Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
Job 13:20, King James Version

Job 13:20 in other translations

BSBOnly grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:
WEB“Only don’t do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from your face:
ASVOnly do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face:
YLTOnly two things, O God, do with me: Then from Thy face I am not hidden.
DARBYOnly do not two things unto me; then will I not hide myself from thee.
BBEOnly two things do not do to me, then I will come before your face:
WebsterOnly do not two things to me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

What does Job 13:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. Address to God. not hide--stand forth boldly to maintain my cause.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 splendor of the court, and the various ensigns of justice? Let not thy dread make me afraid.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 13:13-22

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. Temporal salvation he little expected, but of his eternal salvation he was very confident; that God would not only be his Saviour to make him happy, but his salvation, in the sight and enjoyment of whom he should be happy. He knew…

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Job 13:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַךְ\־'a.khoSh-onlyH389
שְׁ֭תַּיִםShe.ta.yimtwo [things]H8147
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תַּ֣עַשׂTa.'asyou doH6213
עִמָּדִ֑י'i.ma.Diwith meH5978
אָ֥ז'azthenH227
מִ֝פָּנֶ֗יךָmi.pa.Nei.khafrom before youH6440
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
אֶסָּתֵֽר\׃'e.sa.TerI will hide myselfH5641

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 13:20

  • Genesis 3:8-10

    And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

  • Psalms 139:12

    Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

  • Revelation 6:15-16

    And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

  • Job 9:34-35

    Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
do not two.
9:34,35
hide myself.
Ge 3:8-10; Ps 139:12; Re 6:15,16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 13:19

    Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

  • Job 13:20

    Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

  • Job 13:21

    Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

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Job 13:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		A lo menos dos cosas no hagas conmigo; entonces no me esconderé de tu rostro:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Seulement ne fais pas deux choses à mon égard; alors je ne me cacherai pas loin de ta face:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nur zweierlei tue mir nicht; dann werde ich mich nicht vor deinem Angesicht verbergen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Duo tantum ne facias mihi, et tunc a facie tua non abscondar: