Job 13:24, 30:21, Jer 5:6 | JFB | STEP | 24. hidest . . . face —a figure from the gloomy impression caused by the sudden clouding over of the sun. enemy —God treated Job as an enemy who must be robbed of power by ceaseless sufferings ( ).

Job 13:24

24. hidest . . . face—a figure from the gloomy impression caused by the sudden clouding over of the sun.

enemy—God treated Job as an enemy who must be robbed of power by ceaseless sufferings (Job 7:17, 21).

Job 30:21

16-23. Job's outward calamities affect his mind.

poured out—in irrepressible complaints (Ps 42:4; Jos 7:5).

Jeremiah 5:6

6. lion . . . wolf . . . leopard—the strongest, the most ravenous, and the swiftest, respectively, of beasts: illustrating the formidable character of the Babylonians.

of the evenings—Others not so well translate, of the deserts. The plural means that it goes forth every evening to seek its prey (Ps 104:20; Hab 1:8; Zep 3:3).

leopard . . . watch . . . cities— (Ho 13:7). It shall lie in wait about their cities.