Job 13:13-19
New King James Version
13 “Hold[a] your peace with me, and let me speak,
Then let come on me what may!
14 Why (A)do I take my flesh in my teeth,
And put my life in my hands?
15 (B)Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
(C)Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
16 He also shall be my salvation,
For a (D)hypocrite could not come before Him.
17 Listen carefully to my speech,
And to my declaration with your ears.
18 See now, I have prepared my case,
I know that I shall be (E)vindicated.
19 (F)Who is he who will contend with me?
If now I hold my tongue, I perish.
Footnotes
- Job 13:13 Be silent
Job 13:13-19
Authorized (King James) Version
13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak,
and let come on me what will.
14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth,
and put my life in mine hand?
15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him:
but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
16 He also shall be my salvation:
for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
17 Hear diligently my speech,
and my declaration with your ears.
18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause;
I know that I shall be justified.
19 Who is he that will plead with me?
for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
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