English Standard Version
Job 13:18
18Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be in the right.
Job 13:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
- New International Version (NIV)Now that I have prepared my case, I know I will be vindicated.
- New King James Version (NKJV)See now, I have prepared my case, I know that I shall be vindicated.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I have prepared my case; I will be proved innocent.
Context of Job 13:18
16This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him. 17Keep listening to my words, and let my declaration be in your ears. Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be in the right. 19Who is there who will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die. 20Only grant me two things, then I will not hide myself from your face:
Read all of Job 13Job 13:18 word by word
הִנֵּה־נָ֭א עָרַ֣כְתִּי מִשְׁפָּ֑ט יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י אֶצְדָּֽק׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 13:18
- Job 16:21that he would argue the case of a man with God, as a son of man does with his neighbor.
- Job 23:4I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
- Job 40:7"Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me.
- Job 9:2"Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God?
- Isaiah 43:26Put me in remembrance; let us argue together; set forth your case, that you may be proved right.
- Romans 8:33Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
Commentaries on Job 13:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Behold now, I have ordered - I am now ready to come into court, and care not how many I have to contend with, provided they speak truth.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18I have ordered my cause - literally. “judgment?” - משׁפט mı̂shpâṭ The Septuagint renders it, “I am near ( ̓́ ̓́ engus eimi ) to my judgment,” or my trial. The meaning may be, that he had gone through the pleading, and had said what he wished in self-vindication, and he was willing to leave the cause with God, and did not doubt the issue. Or more probably, I think, the word ערכתי ‛âraketı̂y should be taken, as the word ידעתי yāda‛tı̂y is, 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. 1818. ordered--implying a constant preparation for defense in his confidence of innocence.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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