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Job 13:15
15Even though He kills me; I will hope in Him. Nevertheless, I will argue my ways to His face.
Job 13:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
- New International Version (NIV)Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
Context of Job 13:15
13“Be silent before me so that I may speak; And let happen to me what may. 14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth And put my life in my hands [incurring the wrath of God]? Even though He kills me; I will hope in Him. Nevertheless, I will argue my ways to His face. 16This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before Him. 17Listen diligently to my speech, And let my declaration fill your ears.
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הֵ֣ן יִ֭קְטְלֵנִי ל֣וֹ אֲיַחֵ֑ל אַךְ־דְּ֝רָכַ֗י אֶל־פָּנָ֥יו אוֹכִֽיחַ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 13:15
- Job 13:18Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
- Job 19:25For I know that my Redeemer and Vindicator lives, And at the last He will take His stand upon the earth.
- Job 23:10But He knows the way that I take [and He pays attention to it]. When He has tried me, I will come forth as [refined] gold [pure and luminous].
- Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through the [sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing, But the righteous has hope and confidence and a refuge [with God] even in death.
- Romans 8:38For I am convinced [and continue to be convinced—beyond any doubt] that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present and threatening, nor things to come, nor powers,
- Job 10:7Although You know that I am not guilty or wicked, Yet there is no one who can rescue me from Your hand.
- Job 16:17Although there is no violence or wrongdoing in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
- Job 23:4I would present my cause before Him And fill my mouth with arguments.
- Job 27:5Far be it from me that I should admit you are right [in your accusations against me]; Until I die, I will not remove my integrity from me.
- Job 31:31I assure you, the men of my tent have said, ‘Who can find one [in need] who has not been satisfied with his meat’?
- Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who disputes with God answer it.”
- 1 John 3:20whenever our heart convicts us [in guilt]; for God is greater than our heart and He knows all things [nothing is hidden from Him because we are in His hands].
Commentaries on Job 13:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Though he slay me - I have no dependence but God; I trust in him alone. Should he even destroy my life by this affliction, yet will I hope that when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. In the common printed Hebrew text we have איחל לא lo ayachel, I will Not hope; but the Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Chaldee have read לו lo, Him, instead of לא lo Not; with twenty-nine of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., and the Complutensian and Antwerp Polyglots…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Though he slay me - “God may so multiply my sorrows and pains that I cannot survive them. I see that I may be exposed to increased calamities, yet I am willing to meet them. If in maintaining my own cause, and showing that I am not a hypocrite Job 13:16, it should so happen that my sufferings should be so increased that I should die, yet I will do it.” The word “slay,” or “kill,” here refers to temporal death. It has no reference to punishment in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-22Verses 13-22 Job resolved to cleave to the testimony his own conscience gave of his uprightness. He depended upon God for justification and salvation, the two great things we hope for through Christ. Temporal salvation he little expected, but of his eternal salvation he was very confident; that God would not only be his Saviour to make him happy, but his salvation, in the sight and enjoyment of whom he should be happy. He knew himself not to be a…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. in him--So the margin or keri, reads. But the textual reading or chetib is "not," which agrees best with the context, and other passages wherein he says he has no hope (Job 6:11; 7:21; 10:20; 19:10). "Though He slay me, and I dare no more hope, yet I will maintain," &c., that is, "I desire to vindicate myself before Him," as not a hypocrite [Umbreit and Noyes].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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