Job 13:19
Who is he that is deemed with me? Come he; why am I still, and am wasted? (Who is he who is judged with me? Come he; for if I hold my peace, I shall be destroyed.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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
Cross References
Job 10:8Thine hands have made me, and have formed me all in compass; and thou hast cast me down suddenly (or and then suddenly thou hast thrown me down).
Job 19:5And ye be raised (up) against me, and reprove me with my shames (or and rebuke me with my shame).
Job 33:32But if thou hast ready what thou shalt speak, answer thou to me, speak; for I will, that thou appear just, (or for I desire, that thou be justified, or proven right).
Isaiah 50:8He is nigh, that justifieth me, (or He is near, who justifieth me); who against-saith me? stand we together. Who is mine adversary? nigh he to me.
Jeremiah 20:9And I said, I shall not have mind on him, and I shall no more speak in his name. And the word of the Lord was made, as fire swelling in mine heart, and closed in my bones; and I failed, not suffering to bear. (And so I said, I shall not remember him, and I shall no longer speak in (the Lord’s) name. But (the word of the Lord) was made to me like a fire swelling in my heart, and enclosed in my bones; and I failed, and could not bear it, and so I had to speak it out.)
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 →