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Job Prepares His Case

Job 13:18

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
Now behold, I have set the cause in order, || I have known that I am righteous.
YLT
Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous.
DBY
Behold now, I have ordered the cause; I know that I shall be justified.
DRC
If I shall be judged, I know that I shall be found just.
GNV
Beholde nowe: if I prepare me to iudgement, I knowe that I shalbe iustified.
JPS
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
LXXE
Behold, I am near my judgment: I know that I shall appear evidently just.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
הִנֵּה־נָ֭א עָרַ֣כְתִּי מִשְׁפָּ֑ט יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י אֶצְדָּֽק׃
LXX-Br
Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐγγύς εἰμι τοῦ κρίματός μου, οἶδα ἐγὼ ὅτι δίκαιος ἀναφανοῦμαι.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 23:4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
  • Job 9:2–3“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God? If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
  • Romans 8:33–34Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding…
  • 2 Corinthians 1:12And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace…
  • Job 16:21Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
  • Job 40:7–8“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me. Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
  • Isaiah 43:26Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
  • Job 9:20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.

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