God’s Word Translation
Job 13:16
16This also will be my salvation because no godless person could face 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 am biting off more than I can chew and taking my life in my own hands. 15If God would kill me, I would have no hope ⌞left⌟. Nevertheless, I will defend my behavior to his face. This also will be my salvation because no godless person could face him. 17“Listen carefully to my words. Hear my declaration. 18I have prepared my case. I know that I will be declared righteous.
Read all of Job 13Job 13:16 word by word
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 is my Savior. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will honor him.
- Psalms 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation. Who is there to fear? The Lord is my life’s fortress. Who is there to be afraid of?
- Psalms 62:6He alone is my rock and my savior—my stronghold. I cannot be shaken.
- Psalms 118:14The Lord is my strength and my song. He is my savior.
- Isaiah 12:2Look! God is my Savior. I am confident and unafraid, because the Lord is my strength and my song. He is my Savior.”
- Jeremiah 3:23Truly, the noise from the hills, from the mountains, is the noise of false worship. Truly, the Lord our God will rescue us.
- Acts 13:47The Lord gave us the following order: ‘I have made you a light for the nations so that you would save people all over the world.’ ”
- Job 8:13The same thing happens to all who forget God. The hope of the godless dies.
- Job 27:8After all, what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Job 36:13But those who have godless hearts remain angry. They don’t even call for help when he chains them up.
- Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are terrified. Trembling seizes the ungodly. Can any of us live through a fire that destroys? Can any of us live through a fire that burns forever?
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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