Job 13:19
Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and die.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
20Only do not two things unto me, then will I not hide myself from Thee:
Cross References
Job 10:8Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me!
Job 19:5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
Job 33:32If thou hast any thing to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify thee.
Isaiah 50:8He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand up together; who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
Jeremiah 20:9And if I say: 'I will not make mention of Him, nor speak any more in His name', then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I weary myself to hold it in, but cannot.
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 →