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

13Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may. 14Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands? Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face. 16Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him. 17Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.

Job 13:15 word by word

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

• Thoughהֵןhên · look!H2005
• He slay meקָטַלqâţal · to slayH6991
• He slay meלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• I will hope in Himיָחַלyâchal · to wait: hopeH3176
• I will stillאַךְ'ak · surelyH389
• defendיָכַחyâkach · to rebukeH3198
• my waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• His faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440

Cross-references for Job 13:15

• Job 13:18See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
• Job 19:25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
• Job 23:10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
• Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
• Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
• Romans 8:38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
• Job 10:7though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
• Job 16:17yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
• Job 23:4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
• Job 27:5I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
• Job 31:31if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
• Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
• 1 John 3:20Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows 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
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• Spend
• Value
• How
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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