Job 13:15

In 11 translations

BSB

Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.Or I have no other hope

KJV

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue

WEB

Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

ASV

Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

LSV

Behold, He slays me—I do not wait! Only, I argue my ways to His face.

YLT

Lo, He doth slay me — I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.

DBY

Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him.

DRC

Although he should bill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove my ways in his sight.

GNV

Loe, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, and I will reprooue my wayes in his sight.

JPS

Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him; but I will argue my ways before Him.

LXXE

Though the Mighty One should lay hand upon me, forasmuch as he has begun, verily I will speak, and plead before him.

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WLC

הֵ֣ן יִ֭קְטְלֵנִי לא אֲיַחֵ֑ל אַךְ־דְּ֝רָכַ֗י אֶל־פָּנָ֥יו אוֹכִֽיחַ׃Read aloud as (qere): ל֣וֹ

LXX-Br

Ἐάν με χειρώσηται ὁ δυνάστης, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἦρκται, ἦ μὴν λαλήσω καὶ ἐλέγξω ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ·

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
• Job 19:25–28But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth. Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a…
• Job 23:10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
• Romans 8:38–39For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to…
• 1 John 3:20Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
• Job 27:5I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
• Job 23:4–7I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments. I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say. Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.…
• Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
• Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
• Job 13:18Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.
• Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
• Job 16:21Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
• Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
• Job 16:17yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
• Job 10:7though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
• Job 40:4–5“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth. I have spoken once, but I have no answer— twice, but I have nothing to add.”

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