Job 13:15
Yea, though God slay me, I shall hope in him; nevertheless I shall prove my ways in his sight. (Yea, even if God shall kill me, I shall still hope, or trust, in him; and I shall still argue my case before him.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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
14Why rend I my flesh with my teeth, and bear my life in mine hands?
Cross References
Job 7:6My days have passed swifter than a web is cut down from the looms; and those days be wasted without any hope of coming again.
Job 13:3But nevertheless I shall speak to Almighty God, and I covet to dispute with God (or and I desire to dispute with God);
Job 16:17I suffered these things without (any) wickedness of mine hand, or work, (and) when I had clean prayers to God.
Job 19:25For I know, that mine again-buyer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise from the earth; (For I know, that my redeemer liveth, and on the last day he shall rise to my defense;)
Job 23:10But he knoweth my way, and he shall prove me as gold (or and he shall assay me like gold), that passeth through the fire.
Job 31:31if the men of my tabernacle said not, Who giveth, that we be [ful] filled of his fleshes? (even if the men of my household said, O God, that we be filled full 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 →