Job 13:13-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 “Let me have silence, and I will speak,
and let come on me what may.
14 I will take my flesh in my teeth
and put my life in my hand.[a](A)
15 See, he will kill me; I have no hope;[b]
but I will defend my ways to his face.(B)
16 This will be my salvation,
that the godless shall not come before him.(C)
17 Listen carefully to my words,
and let my declaration be in your ears.(D)
18 I have indeed prepared my case;
I know that I shall be vindicated.
19 Who is there who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.(E)
Job 13:13-19
Common English Bible
Job will speak out
13 Be quiet and I will speak,
come what may.
14 For what reason will I take my flesh in my teeth,
put my life in jeopardy?
15 He will slay me; I’m without hope;[a]
I will surely prove my way to his face.
16 Also this will be my vindication,
that a godless person won’t come before him.
17 Listen closely to my words
so that my remarks will be in your ears.
Against God
18 Look, I have laid out my case;
I know that I’m innocent.
19 Who would dare contend with me,
for then I would be quiet and die.
Footnotes
- Job 13:15 Or Though he slay me, yet I will trust him.
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