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
Revised Standard Version
13 “Let me have silence, and I will speak,
and let come on me what may.
14 I will take[a] my flesh in my teeth,
and put my life in my hand.
15 Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope;
yet I will defend my ways to his face.
16 This will be my salvation,
that a godless man shall not come before him.
17 Listen carefully to my words,
and let my declaration be in your ears.
18 Behold, I have prepared my case;
I know that I shall be vindicated.
19 Who is there that will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.
Footnotes
- Job 13:14 Gk: Heb Why should I take?
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