Job 13:24, Lam 2:5 | 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).

Lamentations 2:5

5. an enemy— (Jer 30:14).

mourning and lamentation—There is a play of similar sounds in the original, "sorrow and sadness," to heighten the effect (Job 30:3, Hebrew; Eze 35:3, Margin).

Vau.