Tree of Life Version
Job 13:16
16This, too, will be my salvation for no godless can come before Him.
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 take my flesh in my teeth and take my life in my hands? 15Even if He slays me, I will wait for Him; I will surely defend my ways before Him. This, too, will be my salvation for no godless can come before Him. 17“Listen carefully to my words, and let my declaration be in your ears. 18See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
Read all of Job 13Job 13:16 word by word
גַּם־הוּא־לִ֥י לִֽישׁוּעָ֑ה כִּי־לֹ֥א לְ֝פָנָ֗יו חָנֵ֥ף יָבֽוֹא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 13:16
- Exodus 15:2Adonai is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will glorify Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
- Psalms 27:1Of David. Adonai is my light and my salvation: whom should I fear? Adonai is the stronghold of my life: whom should I dread?
- Psalms 62:6My soul, wait in stillness, only for God— for from Him comes my expectation.
- Psalms 118:14Adonai is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation.
- Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation! I will trust and will not be afraid. For the Lord Adonai is my strength and my song. He also has become my salvation.”
- Jeremiah 3:23Surely help from the hills is a delusion— the commotion of the mountains! Surely in Adonai Eloheinu is the salvation of Israel.
- Acts 13:47For so the Lord has commanded us, ‘I have placed you as a light to the nations, so that you may bring salvation to the end of the earth.’”
- Job 8:13Such are the ways of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes—
- Job 27:8For what hope has the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes his soul?
- Job 36:13“The godless in heart harbor anger, they do not cry for help even when He binds them.
- Isaiah 33:14Sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can live with the consuming fire?” “Who among us can live with everlasting burnings?”
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
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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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