Job 13:18

Job 13:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be in the right.
• 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

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. Now that I have prepared my case, I know I will be vindicated. 19Can anyone bring charges against me? If so, I will be silent and die. 20“Only grant me these two things, God, and then I will not hide from you:

Job 13:18 word by word

הִנֵּה־נָ֭א עָרַ֣כְתִּי מִשְׁפָּ֑ט יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י אֶצְדָּֽק׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Behold now, I have orderedעָרַךְ‛ârak · to arrangeH6186
• causeמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• I knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that I shall be justifiedצָדֵקtsâdaq · to justifyH6663

Cross-references for Job 13:18

• Job 16:21on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.
• Job 23:4I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
• Job 40:7“Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
• Job 9:2“Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?
• Isaiah 43:26Review the past for me, let us argue the matter together; state the case for your innocence.
• Romans 8:33Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.
• 2 Corinthians 1:12Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace.

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

Topics related to Job 13:18

• Integrity
• Reasoning
• Self-Righteousness

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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