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Job 13:15
15Though he slay me, yet will I 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)God might kill me, but I have no other hope. I am going to argue my case with him.
Context of Job 13:15
13“Keep silent and let me speak; then let come to me what may. 14Why do I put myself in jeopardy and take my life in my hands? Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face. 16Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance, for no godless person would dare come before him! 17Listen carefully to what I say; let my words ring in your ears.
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 13:18Now that I have prepared my case, I know I will be vindicated.
- Job 19:25I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
- Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
- Proverbs 14:32When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.
- Romans 8:38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
- Job 10:7though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand?
- Job 16:17yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.
- Job 23:4I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
- Job 27:5I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.
- Job 31:31if those of my household have never said, ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’—
- Job 40:2“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”
- 1 John 3:20If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
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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