Job 13:16

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 am ready for my life to be in danger. I must take that risk. 15Even if God kills me, I will still trust him. I will tell him why I am not guilty. I am brave enough to stand in front of God. No wicked person would be able to do that. So it shows that I am not guilty. 17Listen carefully to my words. Hear what I have to say. 18I know what I want to say. I am ready to explain why I am not guilty.

Job 13:16 word by word

גַּם־הוּא־לִ֥י לִֽישׁוּעָ֑ה כִּי־לֹ֥א לְ֝פָנָ֗יו חָנֵ֥ף יָבֽוֹא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• my salvationיְשׁוּעָהyeshû‛âh · salvationH3444
• for an hypocriteחָנֵףchânêph · profaneH2611
• shall not comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for Job 13:16

• Exodus 15:2The Lord makes me strong. He is the reason for my song. He is the one who has saved me. He is my God and I will praise him. He is my father's God and I will praise his name.
• Psalms 27:1The Lord gives me light in my life and he makes me safe. So I am not afraid of anyone! The Lord takes care of my life. Nobody can make me afraid!
• Psalms 62:6He alone is the strong rock where I can hide and be safe. With him, nothing will make me fall.
• Psalms 118:14The Lord makes me strong and he takes care of me. He is the one who keeps me safe.
• Isaiah 12:2Listen! God is the one who saves me! I will continue to trust him. I will not be afraid because the Lord himself makes me strong. He keeps me safe. He rescues us from our enemies.’
• Jeremiah 3:23The false gods that we worship on the hills have deceived us. Our wild parties on the mountains have not helped us. Only the Lord our God can really save Israel.
• Acts 13:47The Lord God has also told us to do this. He said: “I have chosen you to be like a light to the Gentiles. You must go to people everywhere in the world. You must tell them how God wants to save them.” ’
• Job 8:13People who turn away from God are like those plants. Their hope quickly disappears.
• Job 27:8When God chooses to remove wicked people, they cannot hope for any good thing. God will cause them to die.
• Job 36:13People who turn away from God are always angry. Even when God punishes them, they do not pray for help.
• Isaiah 33:14The sinners who live in Zion are afraid. The people who do not respect God shake with fear. They ask, ‘Who among us can stay alive? This is a fire that burns everything. Nobody can stop it from burning!’

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

Topics related to Job 13:16

• Hypocrisy

In the dictionaries

• Dread
• Motheaten
• Spend
• Value
• Godless
• How
• Hypocrisy; Hyprocrite

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