Job 13:16
Even he will come to my assistance; for a hypocrite cannot come before him.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
In Context
15Lo, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: only I will argue my own ways before him.
17Listen well to my word, and to my demonstration with your ears.
Cross References
Exodus 15:2My strength and song is the Lord, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will declare his praise, the God of my father, and I will exalt him.
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, when he hath gained unjust wealth, when God casteth forth his soul?
Psalms 27:1“Of David.” The Lord is my light and my salvation; of whom shall I be afraid? the Lord is the fortress of my life; of whom shall I have dread?
Psalms 118:14My strength and song is the Lord, and he is become my salvation.
Isaiah 12:1And thou shalt say on that day, “I will thank thee, O Lord, that thou wast angry with me: thy anger [now] is turned away, and thou comfortest me.
Jeremiah 3:23Truly deceptive was [what we hoped for] from the hills, and the multitude on the mountains; truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
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 →