New English Translation
Job 13:22
22Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.
Job 13:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
- New International Version (NIV)Then summon me and I will answer, or let me speak, and you reply to me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and you reply to me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, then You respond to me.
Context of Job 13:22
20Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face: 21Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror. Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me. 23How many are my iniquities and sins? Show me my transgression and my sin. 24Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?
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וּ֭קְרָא וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה אֽוֹ־אֲ֝דַבֵּ֗ר וַהֲשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 13:22
- Job 9:32For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.
- Job 38:3Get ready for a difficult task like a man; I will question you and you will inform me!
- Job 40:4“Indeed, I am completely unworthy – how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.
- Job 42:3you asked, ‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.
Commentaries on Job 13:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Then call thou - Begin thou first to plead, and I will answer for myself; or, I will first state and defend my own case, and then answer thou me.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Then call thou, and I will answer - Call me to trial; summon me to make my defense. This is language taken from courts of justice, and the idea is, that if God would remove his calamity, and not overawe him, and would then call on him to make a defense, he would be ready to respond to his call. The language means, “be thou plaintiff in the case, and I will enter on my defense.” He speaks now to God not as to a judge but as a party, and is disposed to go…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
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-23Job wanted God to call or summon him, so Job could defend himself. Or as an alternative, Job would speak to God. Then God would respond with the charges against Job. Since God did not choose the first option, Job started the second one (13:23). Eventually, God did call Job (38:1–3; 40:1–2). But Job could not reply (40:3–5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. call--a challenge to the defendant to answer to the charges. answer--the defense begun. speak--as plaintiff. answer--to the plea of the plaintiff. Expressions from a trial.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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