Job 13:15 BSB — MannaFest

Job 13:15

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XI (604)

Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him. But I will rebuke mine own ways before Him. He also shall be my salvation. There is no room for the virtue of patience in prosperous circumstances. He is really patient, who is at once bruised with misfortune, and yet not bowed down from the erectness of his hope. Concerning the temper of mind of the reprobate man it is written, He will praise Thee, when Thou doest well to him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This is a high expression of faith, and what we should all labour to come up to--to trust in God, though he slay us, that is, we must be well pleased with God as a friend even when he seems to come forth against us as an enemy, ch. xxiii.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Though he slay me - “God may so multiply my sorrows and pains that I cannot survive them. I see that I may be exposed to increased calamities, yet I am willing to meet them. If in maintaining my own cause, and showing that I am not a hypocrite Job 13:16, it should so happen that my sufferings should be so increased that I should die, yet I will do it.” The word “slay,” or “kill,” here refers to temporal death. It has no reference to punishment in the future world, or to the death of the soul.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֵ֣ן	hen	there!	H2005 →
יִ֭קְטְלֵנִי	Yik.te.le.ni	he will kill me	H6991 →
ל֣וֹ	lo	to him
אֲיַחֵ֑ל	'a.ya.Chel	I will hope	H3176 →
אַךְ־	'akh-	nevertheless	H389 →
דְּ֝רָכַ֗י	de.ra.Khai	ways my	H1870 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
פָּנָ֥יו	pa.Nav	face his	H6440 →
אוֹכִֽיחַ׃	'o.Khi.ach	I will argue	H3198 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 23:4
Even 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.
leads to
- Isaiah 41:10
  Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- Psalms 118:6
  The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Psalms 138:7
  If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
- Isaiah 43:1–2
  Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your…
- Psalms 3:6
  I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.
Through
Job 23:10
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
leads to
- James 1:12
  Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- 1 Peter 1:7
  so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- James 1:2–4
  Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,

About Job

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job