Job 13:16
in Job 13Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.
KJV
He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
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This verse in Job 13
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThough 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.
This site's exposition
this will be my salvation
on Job 13:16-19
Job carries the confidence of verse 15 into an argument, "this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him". The words "now that I have prepared my case" present him as a plaintiff with his brief, and Gill gives the verb its legal sense.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"And he shall turn to me for salvation; for fraud shall gain no entrance before him." This means, my consolation is that "fraud shall gain no entrance before him." "You see, I do not speak like you, with hidden thoughts. I know that there is no dissimulation in him."
The Medieval Church1 voice
Therefore, "he will be my savior," if my sins will be displeasing to me. He shows why God saves those who blame their own conduct in his presence saying, "for no hypocrite will come into his presence," for he is a hypocrite who although is …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He means it not of temporal salvation (he had little expectation of that); but concerning his eternal salvation he was very confident that God would not only be his Saviour to make him happy, but his salvation, in the vision and fruition of whom he should be happy. And the reason why he depended on God for salvation was because a hypocrite shall not come before him.
He also shall be my salvation,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
He also shall be my salvation - He will save me, because I trust in him. A hypocrite - A wicked man shall never be able to stand before him. I am conscious of this, and were I, as you suppose, a secret sinner, I should not dare to make this appeal.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
He also shalt be my salvation - See the notes at Isa 12:2. Literally, “He is unto me for salvation,” that is, “I put my trust in him, and he will save me. The opportunity of appearing before God, and of maintaining my cause in his presence, will result in my deliverance from the charges which are alleged against me. I shall be able there to show that I am not a hypocrite, and God will become my defender.” For an hypocrite shall not come before him - This seems to be a proverb, or a statement of a general and indisputable principle. Job admitted this to be true. Yet he expected to be able to vindicate himself before God, and this gould prove that he was not an hypocrite - on the general principle that a man who was permitted to stand before God and to obtain his favor, could not be an unrighteous man. To God he looked with confidence; and God, he had no doubt, would be his defender. This fact would prove that he could not be an hypocrite, as his friends maintained.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| הוּא־ | hu'- | that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| לִ֥י | li | of me | ||
| לִֽישׁוּעָ֑ה | lishuah | [will be] for deliverance | H3444 → | |
| כִּי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| לְ֝פָנָ֗יו | lefanav | <to> before him | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| חָנֵ֥ף | chanef | a godless [person] | H2611 → | 13 times |
| יָבֽוֹא׃ | yavo' | he will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
הוּא־that
hu'-H1931 →1879 times
לִ֥יof me
li
לִֽישׁוּעָ֑ה[will be] for deliverance
lishuahH3444 →
כִּי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
לְ֝פָנָ֗יו<to> before him
lefanavH6440 →2123 times
חָנֵ֥ףa godless [person]
chanefH2611 →13 times
יָבֽוֹא׃he will come
yavo'H935 →2568 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 13:47For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
it leads to
- Isaiah 49:6
He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light…
- Isaiah 42:6
“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a…
- Luke 2:32
a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
- Isaiah 45:22
Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Zechariah 8:20–23
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
- Isaiah 49:6
Through
Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
it leads to
- Hebrews 12:29
“For our God is a consuming fire.”
- Hebrews 12:29
Through
Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
it leads to
- Psalms 9:17
The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
- Psalms 9:17
Through
Psalms 118:21I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.
it leads to
- Psalms 116:1
I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.
- Psalms 116:1
Where this verse is studied
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About Job
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XI; John Chrysostom, COMMENTARY ON JOB 13:15B-16; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.