Job 13:18
See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
In Context
17Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.
19Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.
Cross References
Job 9:2Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?
Job 16:21So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.
Job 33:9I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:
Isaiah 43:26Put me in mind of this; let us take up the cause between us: put forward your cause, so that you may be seen to be in the right.
2 Corinthians 1:12For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
Matthew Henry on Job 13:14-23
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 a 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. 19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I… Read the whole commentary →