Job 13:18
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.
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.
20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.
- KJV
- Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
- WEB
- See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.
- ASV
- Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.
- DARBY
- Behold now, I have ordered the cause; I know that I shall be justified.
- BLB
- Behold, now, I have arranged my defense. I know that I am righteous.
- ÅB
- Se, jeg har saken i orden; jeg vet jeg skal få rett.
- OTB
- Se nå, jeg har forberedt min sak;
Jeg er trygg på at jeg vil bli rettferdiggjort. - B1930
- Se, jeg har saken i orden; jeg vet jeg skal få rett.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 23:4
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Read in contextJob 9:2–3
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
Read in contextJob 40:7–8
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Read in contextIsaiah 43:26
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Read in contextJob 16:21
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Read in contextRomans 8:33–34
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:12
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Read in contextJob 9:20
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
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