Job 13:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.”

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BSBPD

“Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Lo, He doth slay me--I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 13:15 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
  2. Job 10:7though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
  3. Job 13:3Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
  4. Job 13:18Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.
  5. Job 16:17yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
  6. Job 16:21Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
  7. Job 19:25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
  8. Job 23:4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
  9. Job 23:10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
  10. Job 27:5I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
  11. Job 31:31if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
  12. Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
  13. Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
  14. Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
  15. Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
  16. Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
  17. Romans 8:38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
  18. 1 John 3:20Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

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