Job 13:15
Lo, He doth slay me — I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.
Young's Literal Translation
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 do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?
16Also — He [is] to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.
Cross References
Job 7:6My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
Job 13:3Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.
Job 16:17Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer [is] pure.
Job 19:25That — I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise.
Job 23:10For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.
Job 31:31If not — say ye, O men of my tent, 'O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.'
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 →