Job 13:16
Also—He [is] to me for salvation, || For the profane do not come before Him.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
In Context
15Behold, He slays me—I do not wait! Only, I argue my ways to His face.
17Hear my word diligently, || And my declaration with your ears.
Cross References
Exodus 15:2My strength and song is YAH, || And He is become my salvation: This [is] my God, and I glorify Him; God of my father, and I exalt Him.
Job 27:8For what [is] the hope of the profane, || When He cuts off? When God casts off his soul?
Psalms 27:1BY DAVID. YHWH [is] my light and my salvation, || Whom do I fear? YHWH [is] the strength of my life, || Of whom am I afraid?
Psalms 118:14YAH is my strength and song, || And He is to me for salvation.
Isaiah 12:1And you have said in that day: “I thank you, O YHWH, || Though You have been angry with me, || Your anger turns back, || And You comfort me.
Jeremiah 3:23Surely in vain—from the heights, || The multitude of mountains—Surely the salvation of Israel [is] in our God YHWH.
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 →