Revised Version 1895
Job 13:18
18Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I am righteous.
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
16This also shall be my salvation; for a godless man shall not come before him. 17Hear diligently my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears. Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I am righteous. 19Who is he that will contend with me? for now shall I hold my peace and give up the ghost. 20Only do not two things unto me, then will I not hide myself from thy face:
Read all of Job 13Job 13:18 word by word
הִנֵּה־נָ֭א עָרַ֣כְתִּי מִשְׁפָּ֑ט יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י אֶצְדָּֽק׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 13:18
- Job 16:21That he would maintain the right of a man with God, and of a son of man with his neighbour!
- Job 23:4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
- Job 40:7Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
- Job 9:2Of a truth I know that it is so: but how can man be just with God?
- Isaiah 43:26Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth thy cause, that thou mayest be justified.
- Romans 8:33Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth;
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
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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