Job 13:19
Who is he who will contend with me?For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.
New Heart English Bible
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
18See now, I have set my cause in order.I know that I am righteous.
20"Only do not do two things to me;then I will not hide myself from your face:
Cross References
Job 10:8"'Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether,yet you destroy me.
Job 19:5If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me,and plead against me my reproach;
Job 33:32If you have anything to say, answer me.Speak, for I desire to justify you.
Isaiah 50:8He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
Jeremiah 20:9If I say, "I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name," then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I can't contain it.
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 →