Christian Standard Bible
Job 13:16
16Yes, this will result in my deliverance, for no godless person can appear before him.
Job 13:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
- New International Version (NIV)Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance, for no godless person would dare come before him!
- English Standard Version (ESV)This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He also shall be my salvation, For a hypocrite could not come before Him.
Context of Job 13:16
14I will put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands. 15Even if he kills me, I will hope in him. I will still defend my ways before him. Yes, this will result in my deliverance, for no godless person can appear before him. 17Pay close attention to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears. 18Now then, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.
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גַּם־הוּא־לִ֥י לִֽישׁוּעָ֑ה כִּי־לֹ֥א לְ֝פָנָ֗יו חָנֵ֥ף יָבֽוֹא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 13:16
- Exodus 15:2The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Psalms 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation — whom should I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life — whom should I dread?
- Psalms 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will not be shaken.
- Psalms 118:14The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
- Isaiah 12:2Indeed, God is my salvation; I will trust him and not be afraid, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation.”
- Jeremiah 3:23Surely, falsehood comes from the hills, commotion from the mountains, but the salvation of Israel is only in the Lord our God.
- Acts 13:47For this is what the Lord has commanded us: I have made you a light for the Gentiles to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.”
- Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.
- Job 27:8For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Job 36:13Those who have a godless heart harbor anger; even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.
- Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the ungodly: “Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”
Commentaries on Job 13:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16He also shall be my salvation - He will save me, because I trust in him. A hypocrite - A wicked man shall never be able to stand before him. I am conscious of this, and were I, as you suppose, a secret sinner, I should not dare to make this appeal.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16He also shalt be my salvation - See the notes at Isaiah 12:2. Literally, “He is unto me for salvation,” that is, “I put my trust in him, and he will save me. The opportunity of appearing before God, and of maintaining my cause in his presence, will result in my deliverance from the charges which are alleged against me. I shall be able there to show that I am not a hypocrite, and God will become my defender.” For an hypocrite shall not come before him…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. 1616. He--rather, "This also already speaks in my behalf (literally, 'for my saving acquittal') for an hypocrite would not wish to come before Him" (as I do) [Umbreit]. (See last clause of Job 13:15).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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