Job 13:15
Behold, He slays me—I do not wait! Only, I argue my ways to His face.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
In Context
14Why do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?
16Also—He [is] to me for salvation, || For the profane do not come before Him.
Cross References
Job 7:6My days swifter than a loom, || And they are consumed without hope.
Job 13:3Yet I speak for the Mighty One, || And I delight to argue for God.
Job 16:17Not for violence in my hands, || And my prayer [is] pure.
Job 19:25That—I have known my Redeemer, || The Living and the Last, || For He raises the dust.
Job 23:10For He has known the way with me, || He has tried me—I go forth as gold.
Job 31:31If not, say, O men of my tent: O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.
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 →