Job 13:15

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

13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will. 14Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand? Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him. 16This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him. 17Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears.

Job 13:15 word by word

הֵ֣ן יִ֭קְטְלֵנִי ל֣וֹ אֲיַחֵ֑ל אַךְ־דְּ֝רָכַ֗י אֶל־פָּנָ֥יו אוֹכִֽיחַ׃Read the interlinear

• hopeיָחַלyâchal · to wait: hopeH3176
• Neverthelessאַךְ'ak · surelyH389
• waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870

Cross-references for Job 13:15

• Job 13:18Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.
• Job 19:25But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth:
• Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
• Psalms 23:4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
• Proverbs 14:32The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
• Romans 8:38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
• Job 10:7Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
• Job 16:17Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
• Job 23:4I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
• Job 27:5Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
• Job 31:31If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?
• Job 40:2Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
• 1 John 3:20because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

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

Topics related to Job 13:15

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Faith
• Integrity
• Self-Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Dread
• Motheaten
• Spend
• Value
• How
• Way

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