New Living Translation
Job 13:18
18I have prepared my case; I will be proved innocent.
Job 13:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
- New International Version (NIV)Now that I have prepared my case, I know I will be vindicated.
- 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.
Context of Job 13:18
16But 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. I have prepared my case; I will be proved innocent. 19Who can argue with me over this? And if you prove me wrong, I will remain silent and die. 20“O God, grant me these two things, and then I will be able to face you.
Read all of Job 13Job 13:18 word by word
הִנֵּה־נָ֭א עָרַ֣כְתִּי מִשְׁפָּ֑ט יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י אֶצְדָּֽק׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 13:18
- Job 16:21I need someone to mediate between God and me, as a person mediates between friends.
- Job 23:4I would lay out my case and present my arguments.
- Job 40:7“Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.
- Job 9:2“Yes, I know all this is true in principle. But how can a person be declared innocent in God’s sight?
- Isaiah 43:26Let us review the situation together, and you can present your case to prove your innocence.
- Romans 8:33Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.
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
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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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