Job 13

1 “My eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.
2 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God.
4 You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians, all of you!
5 If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
6 Hear now my argument; listen to the pleas of my lips.
7 Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?
8 Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?
9 Would it turn out well if he examined you? Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?
10 He would surely call you to account if you secretly showed partiality.
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.
22 Then summon me and I will answer, or let me speak, and you reply to me.
23 How many wrongs and sins have I committed? Show me my offense and my sin.
24 Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?
25 Will you torment a windblown leaf? Will you chase after dry chaff?
26 For you write down bitter things against me and make me reap the sins of my youth.
27 You fasten my feet in shackles; you keep close watch on all my paths by putting marks on the soles of my feet.
28 “So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

Cross References 51

  • 1. S Job 9:24
  • 2. S Job 12:3
  • 3. Job 5:17; Job 40:2
  • 4. S Job 5:8; Job 9:14-20; S Job 10:2; Job 23:3-4
  • 5. Psalms 119:69; Isaiah 9:15; Jeremiah 23:32
  • 6. Jeremiah 8:22
  • 7. S Job 6:15
  • 8. ver 13; S Judges 18:19
  • 9. Proverbs 17:28
  • 10. Job 33:1; Job 36:4
  • 11. S Job 12:16; S Job 16:17; Job 36:4
  • 12. S Leviticus 19:15
  • 13. S Job 9:3
  • 14. S Job 12:16; Galatians 6:7
  • 15. S Leviticus 19:15; S 2 Chronicles 19:7
  • 16. Job 31:23
  • 17. S Exodus 3:6
  • 18. S Nehemiah 4:2-3
  • 19. S ver 5
  • 20. S Job 7:11
  • 21. S Job 9:21
  • 22. S Judges 9:17
  • 23. S Job 7:6
  • 24. Psalms 23:4; Psalms 27:1; Proverbs 14:32; Isaiah 12:2; Daniel 3:28
  • 25. S Job 5:8; Job 27:5
  • 26. Psalms 30:5; Isaiah 12:1; Isaiah 54:7-8; Hosea 14:4; Philippians 1:19
  • 27. S Job 8:13
  • 28. S Genesis 3:8
  • 29. Job 21:2
  • 30. S ver 3; Job 23:4; Job 37:19
  • 31. S Job 2:3; S Job 9:21
  • 32. Job 40:4; Isaiah 50:8; Romans 8:33
  • 33. S Job 9:15
  • 34. S Job 3:13; Job 10:8
  • 35. S Exodus 9:3; Hebrews 10:31; Psalms 39:10
  • 36. S Job 6:4
  • 37. Job 9:35; Job 14:15
  • 38. S Job 9:16
  • 39. S 1 Samuel 26:18
  • 40. Job 7:21; Job 9:21; Job 14:17; Job 33:9
  • 41. S Deuteronomy 32:20; Psalms 13:1; Isaiah 8:17
  • 42. Job 16:9; Job 19:11; Job 33:10; Psalms 88:14-15; Jeremiah 30:14; Lamentations 2:5
  • 43. Job 19:2
  • 44. Leviticus 26:36
  • 45. Job 19:22,28
  • 46. Job 21:18; Psalms 1:4; Psalms 35:5; Psalms 83:13; Isaiah 17:13; Isaiah 42:3; Isaiah 43:17; Hosea 13:3
  • 47. Job 18:7; Job 20:11; Job 21:23; Psalms 25:7
  • 48. S Genesis 40:15; Job 33:11; Jeremiah 20:2; Acts 16:24
  • 49. Job 10:14
  • 50. Psalms 102:26; Mark 2:21
  • 51. S Deuteronomy 28:35; Psalms 39:11; Isaiah 50:9; Isaiah 51:8; Hosea 5:12; James 5:2

Footnotes 1

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

Job 13 Commentaries

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