Job 13:19
For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and expire?
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
In Context
18Behold, I am near my judgment: I know that I shall appear evidently just.
20But grant me two things: then I will not hide myself from thy face.
Cross References
Job 10:8Thy hands have formed me and made me; afterwards thou didst change thy mind, and smite me.
Job 19:5But alas! for ye magnify yourselves against me, and insult me with reproach.
Job 33:32If thou hast words, answer me: speak, for I desire thee to be justified.
Isaiah 50:8for he that has justified me draws near; who is he that pleads with me? let him stand up against me at the same time: yea, who is he that pleads with me? let him draw nigh to me.
Jeremiah 20:9Then I said, I will by no means name the name of the Lord, and I will no more at all speak in his name. But it was as burning fire flaming in my bones, and I am utterly weakened on all sides, and cannot bear up.
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 →