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Job Prepares His Case

Job 13:13

In 11 translations

BSB
Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
KJV
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.Hold…: Heb. Be silent from me
WEB
“Be silent! Leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.
ASV
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.
LSV
Keep silent from me, and I speak, || And pass over me what will.
YLT
Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?
DBY
Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what [will]!
DRC
Hold your peace a little while, that I may speak whatsoever my mind shall suggest to me.
GNV
Holde your tongues in my presence, that I may speake, and let come vpon what will.
JPS
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
LXXE
Be silent, that I may speak, and cease from mine anger,

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Original-language editions

WLC
הַחֲרִ֣ישׁוּ מִ֭מֶּנִּי וַאֲדַבְּרָה־אָ֑נִי וְיַעֲבֹ֖ר עָלַ֣י מָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Κωφεύσατε ἵνα λαλήσω, καὶ ἀναπαύσωμαι θυμοῦ,

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◆ Job's Trial

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 7:11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Job 13:5If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
  • Job 10:1“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Job 21:3Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
  • Job 7:15–16so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body. I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
  • Job 6:9–10that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off! It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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