Job 13:17
God, listen carefully to my speech; 1 let my declaration come to your ears. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
In Context
16This will be the reason for my deliverance, 1 for no godless person would come before him. 1
18See now, I have set my defense in order; 1 I know that I am innocent. 1
Cross References
Job 13:6Hear now my own reasoning; 1 listen to the pleading of my own lips. 1
Job 31:35Oh, if only I had someone to hear me! 1 See, here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me! 1 If only I had the indictment that my opponent has written! 1
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 →