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14 I will put myself in danger
    and take my life in my own hands.
15 I will continue to trust God even if he kills me.[a]
    But I will defend myself to his face.
16 And if he lets me live, it will be because I had the confidence to speak.
    No guilty person would dare meet God face to face.

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  1. Job 13:15 I will … kills me Or “If he decides to kill me, I have no hope.”

14 Why do I put myself in jeopardy
    and take my life in my hands?(A)
15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope(B) in him;(C)
    I will surely[a] defend my ways to his face.(D)
16 Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,(E)
    for no godless(F) person would dare come before him!(G)

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  1. Job 13:15 Or He will surely slay me; I have no hope — / yet I will