Thematic Bible
Job 13:1 (show verse)
My ear has heard and understood it.
Job 13:2 (show verse)
“What you know I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 13:3 (show verse)
“But I wish to speak to
And I desire to argue with God.
Job 13:4 (show verse)
“But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully];
You are all worthless physicians and have no remedy to offer.
Job 13:5 (show verse)
“Oh, that you would be completely silent,
And that silence would be your wisdom!
Job 13:6 (show verse)
“Please hear my argument
And listen to the pleadings of my lips.
Job 13:7 (show verse)
“Will you speak what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?
Job 13:8 (show verse)
“Will you show partiality for Him [and be unjust to me so that you may gain favor with Him]?
Will you contend and plead for God?
Job 13:9 (show verse)
“Will it be well for you when He investigates you [and your tactics against me]?
Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
Job 13:10 (show verse)
“He will surely reprimand you
If you secretly show partiality.
Job 13:11 (show verse)
“Will not His majesty terrify you,
And will not the dread of Him fall upon you?
Job 13:12 (show verse)
“Your memorable sayings are [worthless, merely] proverbs of ashes;
Your defenses are defenses of [crumbling] clay.
Job 13:13 (show verse)
“Be silent before me so that I may speak;
And let happen to me what may.
Job 13:14 (show verse)
“Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
And put my life in my hands [incurring the wrath of God]?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 13:15 (show verse)
“Even though He kills me;
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless, I will argue my ways to His face.
Job 13:16 (show verse)
“This also will be my salvation,
For a godless man may not come before Him.
Job 13:17 (show verse)
“Listen diligently to my speech,
And let my declaration fill your ears.
Job 13:18 (show verse)
“Behold now, I have prepared my case;
I know that I will be vindicated.
Job 13:19 (show verse)
“Who will argue and contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.
Job 13:20 (show verse)
“Only [O Lord,] do not do two things to me,
And then I will not hide myself from Your face:
Job 13:21 (show verse)
Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering,
And let not the dread of You terrify me.
Job 13:22 (show verse)
“Then [Lord,] call, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, and then reply to me.
Job 13:23 (show verse)
“How many are my iniquities and sins [that so much sorrow should come to me]?
Make me recognize and understand my transgression and my sin.
Job 13:24 (show verse)
“Why do You hide Your face [as if offended]
And consider me Your enemy?
Job 13:25 (show verse)
“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble?
Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?
Job 13:26 (show verse)
“For You write bitter things against me [in Your indictment]
And make me inherit and suffer for the iniquities of my youth.
Job 13:27 (show verse)
“You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment]
And [critically] observe all my paths;
You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],
Job 13:28 (show verse)
While I waste away like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.