Job 13:16

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

14Why should I put myself in mortal danger and take my life in my own hands? 15God might kill me, but I have no other hope. I am going to argue my case with him. But this is what will save me—I am not godless. If I were, I could not stand before him. 17“Listen closely to what I am about to say. Hear me out. 18I have prepared my case; I will be proved innocent.

Job 13:16 word by word

גַּם־הוּא־לִ֥י לִֽישׁוּעָ֑ה כִּי־לֹ֥א לְ֝פָנָ֗יו חָנֵ֥ף יָבֽוֹא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• my salvationיְשׁוּעָהyeshû‛âh · salvationH3444
• for an hypocriteחָנֵףchânêph · profaneH2611
• shall not comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for Job 13:16

• Exodus 15:2The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him— my father’s God, and I will exalt him!
• Psalms 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation— so why should I be afraid? The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble?
• Psalms 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken.
• Psalms 118:14The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.
• Isaiah 12:2See, God has come to save me. I will trust in him and not be afraid. The Lord God is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.”
• Jeremiah 3:23Our worship of idols on the hills and our religious orgies on the mountains are a delusion. Only in the Lord our God will Israel ever find salvation.
• Acts 13:47For the Lord gave us this command when he said, ‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.’”
• Job 8:13The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate.
• Job 27:8For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life?
• Job 36:13For the godless are full of resentment. Even when he punishes them, they refuse to cry out to him for help.
• Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear. Terror seizes the godless. “Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry. “Who can survive this all-consuming fire?”

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

Topics related to Job 13:16

• Hypocrisy

In the dictionaries

• Dread
• Motheaten
• Spend
• Value
• Godless
• How
• Hypocrisy; Hyprocrite

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