Job 13:16
This also shall be my salvation; for a godless man shall not come before him.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
In Context
15Though he slay me, yet will I wait for him: nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
17Hear diligently my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears.
Cross References
Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?
Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 118:14The LORD is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
Isaiah 12:1And in that day thou shalt say, I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortest me.
Jeremiah 3:23Truly in vain is the help that is looked for from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
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 →