KJV King James Version
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
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Job 13:15
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
WEB World English Bible
Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
ASV American Standard Version
Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lo, He doth slay me—I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.
Surrounding context — Job 13
12 Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what [will].
14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
16 He also [shall be] my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
18 Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause; I know that I shall be justified.
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Psalm 23:4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.Job 19:25-28For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:Romans 8:38-39For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,1 John 3:20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.Job 27:5God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.Job 23:4-7I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.Proverbs 14:32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.Job 40:8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?Job 13:18Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause; I know that I shall be justified.Job 40:2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.Job 16:21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.Job 16:17Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.Job 10:7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.Job 40:4-5Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.Job 31:31-37If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
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