He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
Parallel translations
- WEB He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.
- BSB His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
- NKJV He has also kindled His wrath against me, And He counts me as one of His enemies.
- NASB “He has also kindled His anger against me And considered me as His enemy.
- NLT His fury burns against me; he counts me as an enemy.
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Quick answer
Job feels God has kindled wrath against him and treats him as an enemy. He experiences God as hostile rather than as friend.
Overview
Job perceives that the Lord regards him as an adversary, the target of divine anger, which is the heart of his anguish. His friends say this proves guilt, but the reader knows Job is upright, exposing the limits of judging God's heart by circumstances. The gospel resolves the deepest form of this fear: through Christ, former enemies of God are reconciled and made his friends (Romans 5:10).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Job 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
- Job 33:10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
- Job 16:9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
- Deut 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
- Lam 2:5The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
- Ps 89:46How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
- Ps 90:7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
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