Job 13:19
Who is he, that will pleade with me? for if I nowe holde my tongue, I dye.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
18Beholde nowe: if I prepare me to iudgement, I knowe that I shalbe iustified.
20But doe not these two things vnto me: then will I not hide my selfe from thee.
Cross References
Job 10:8Thine handes haue made me, and fashioned mee wholy rounde about, and wilt thou destroy me?
Job 19:5But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,
Job 33:32If there be matter, answere me, and speak: for I desire to iustifie thee.
Isaiah 50:8Hee is neere that iustifieth mee: who will contend with me? Let vs stande together: who is mine aduersarie? let him come neere to me.
Jeremiah 20:9Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speake any more in his Name. But his worde was in mine heart as a burning fire shut vp in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
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 →