Job 13:20-28

Job 13:20-28

[20] Only do  not two  things unto me: then will I not hide  myself from thee.  [21] thine hand  far  from me: and let not thy dread  make me afraid.  [22] Then call  thou, and I will answer:  or let me speak,  and answer  [23] How many are mine iniquities  and sins?  make me to know  my transgression  and my sin.  [24] Wherefore hidest  thou thy face,  and holdest  me for thine enemy?  [25] Wilt thou break  a leaf  driven to and fro?  and wilt thou pursue  the dry  stubble?  [26] For thou writest  bitter things  against me, and makest me to possess  the iniquities  of my youth.  [27] Thou puttest  my feet  also in the stocks,  and lookest narrowly  unto all my paths;  thou settest a print  upon the heels  of my feet.  [28] And he, as a rotten thing,  consumeth,  as a garment  that is moth  eaten. 

What does Job 13:20-28 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

As in his replies to Eliphaz ( Job 7:12-21) and Bildad ( Job 9:28-33; Job 10:2-19), Job also addressed God in this reply to Zophar ( Job 13:20 to Job 14:22). Job asked God to stop afflicting him and to stop terrifying him ( Job 13:20-21). He also requested a courtroom confrontation with God ( Job 13:22). God did not reply, so Job asked Him to list his sins ( Job 13:23). Still there was no answer. This led Job to ask why God was hiding and hostile to him ( Job 13:24-26). Frustrated by God"s lack of response, Job sank down again into despair.