New English Translation
Job 13:15
15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!
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
13“Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may. 14Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands? Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face! 16Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him. 17Listen carefully to my words; let your ears be attentive to my explanation.
Read all of Job 13Job 13:15 word by word
הֵ֣ן יִ֭קְטְלֵנִי ל֣וֹ אֲיַחֵ֑ל אַךְ־דְּ֝רָכַ֗י אֶל־פָּנָ֥יו אוֹכִֽיחַ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 13:15
- Job 13:18See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.
- Job 19:25As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.
- Job 23:10But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.
- Psalms 23:4Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.
- Romans 8:38For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers,
- Job 10:7although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand?
- Job 16:17although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.
- Job 23:4I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
- Job 27:5I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!
- Job 31:31if the members of my household have never said, ‘If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job’s meat!’ –
- Job 40:2“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”
- 1 John 3:20that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and 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
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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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