Job 13:15
Though he slay me, yet will I wait for him: nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
Revised Version 1895
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
14Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
16This also shall be my salvation; for a godless man shall not come before him.
Cross References
Job 7:6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Job 13:3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Job 16:17Although there is no violence in mine hands, and my prayer is pure.
Job 19:25But I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand up at the last upon the earth:
Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take; when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Job 31:31If the men of my tent said not, Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his flesh?
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 →