Job 13:11-21

11 Would not his splendor terrify you? Would not the dread of him fall on you?
12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 “Keep silent and let me speak; then let come to me what may.
14 Why do I put myself in jeopardy and take my life in my hands?
15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely[a] defend my ways to his face.
16 Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance, for no godless person would dare come before him!
17 Listen carefully to what I say; let my words ring in your ears.
18 Now that I have prepared my case, I know I will be vindicated.
19 Can anyone bring charges against me? If so, I will be silent and die.
20 “Only grant me these two things, God, and then I will not hide from you:
21 Withdraw your hand far from me, and stop frightening me with your terrors.

Cross References 21

  • 1. Job 31:23
  • 2. S Exodus 3:6
  • 3. S Nehemiah 4:2-3
  • 4. S ver 5
  • 5. S Job 7:11
  • 6. S Job 9:21
  • 7. S Judges 9:17
  • 8. S Job 7:6
  • 9. Psalms 23:4; Psalms 27:1; Proverbs 14:32; Isaiah 12:2; Daniel 3:28
  • 10. S Job 5:8; Job 27:5
  • 11. Psalms 30:5; Isaiah 12:1; Isaiah 54:7-8; Hosea 14:4; Philippians 1:19
  • 12. S Job 8:13
  • 13. S Genesis 3:8
  • 14. Job 21:2
  • 15. S ver 3; Job 23:4; Job 37:19
  • 16. S Job 2:3; S Job 9:21
  • 17. Job 40:4; Isaiah 50:8; Romans 8:33
  • 18. S Job 9:15
  • 19. S Job 3:13; Job 10:8
  • 20. S Exodus 9:3; Hebrews 10:31; Psalms 39:10
  • 21. S Job 6:4

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "He will surely slay me; I have no hope —" / "yet I will"
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