Job 13:13-19
Lexham English Bible
13 “Let me have silence,[a] and I myself[b] will speak,
and let come over me whatever may.
14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
and[c] put[d] my life in my hand?
15 Look,[e] though he kill me, I will hope in[f] him;
however, I will defend my ways before him.[g]
16 Moreover, this is salvation to me,
that the godless would not come before him.[h]
17 “Listen carefully to my words,
and let my exposition be in your ears.
18 Please look,[i] I have prepared my case;
I know that I myself[j] will be vindicated.
19 Who is he who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent, and I would pass away.
Footnotes
- Job 13:13 Literally “Be silent away from me”
- Job 13:13 Emphatic personal pronoun
- Job 13:14 Hebrew “now”
- Job 13:14 Or “should I put,” or “will I put”
- Job 13:15 Or “Though”
- Job 13:15 Or “for”
- Job 13:15 Literally “to his faces”
- Job 13:16 Literally “to his faces”
- Job 13:18 Or “Look here”
- Job 13:18 Emphatic personal pronoun
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
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