Job 13:15

Job 13:15

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13 “Hold¹ your peace with me, and let me speak,
Then let come on me what may!

14 Why ^ado I take my flesh in my teeth,
And put my life in my hands?

15 ^aThough He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
^bEven so, I will defend my own ways before Him.

16 He also shall be my salvation,
For a ^ahypocrite could not come before Him.

17 Listen carefully to my speech,
And to my declaration with your ears.

18 See now, I have prepared my case,
I know that I shall be ^avindicated.

19 ^aWho is he who will contend with me?
If now I hold my tongue, I perish.

Job’s Despondent Prayer

20 “Only^a two things do not do to me,
Then I will not hide myself from You:

21 ^aWithdraw Your hand far from me,
And let not the dread of You make me afraid.

22 Then call, and I will ^aanswer;
Or let me speak, then You respond to me.

23 How many are my iniquities and sins?
Make me know my transgression and my sin.

24 ^aWhy do You hide Your face,
And ^bregard me as Your enemy?

25 ^aWill You frighten a leaf driven to and fro?
And will You pursue dry stubble?

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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in him—So the margin or keri, reads. But the textual reading or chetib is "not," which agrees best with the context, and other passages wherein he says he has no hope (Job 6:11; Job 7:21; Job 10:20; Job 19:10). "Though He slay me, and I dare no more hope, yet I will maintain," etc., that is, "I desire to vindicate myself before Him," as not a hypocrite [UMBREIT and NOYES].

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