Job 13:21
21 Remove ▼▼tn The imperative
הַרְחַק (
harkhaq, “remove”; GKC 98 §29.
q)
, from
רָחַק (
rakhaq, “far, be far”) means “take away [far away]; to remove.”
your hand ▼▼sn This is a common, but bold, anthropomorphism. The fact that the word used is
כַּף (
kaf, properly “palm”) rather than
יָד (
yad, “hand,” with the sense of power) may stress Job’s feeling of being trapped or confined (see also
Ps 139:5,
7).
far from me
and stop making me afraid with your terror. ▼
