Job 13:19
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.
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.
21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
- KJV
- Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
- WEB
- Who is he who will contend with me? For then I would hold my peace and give up the spirit.
- ASV
- Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
- DARBY
- Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire.
- BLB
- Who [is] he [who] will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.
- ÅB
- Hvem er den som vil gå i rette med meg? Ja, da vil jeg tie og oppgi ånden.
- OTB
- Hvem vil argumentere mot meg?
For da ville jeg være stille og omkomme. - B1930
- Hvem er den som vil gå i rette med mig? Ja, da vil jeg tie og opgi ånden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 50:7–8
For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
Read in contextJob 33:32
If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
Read in contextJob 10:8
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Read in contextJob 13:13
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
Read in contextJob 33:5–7
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
Read in contextJob 19:5
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
Read in contextJob 7:11
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Read in contextRomans 8:33
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
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