# Job 13.16 **Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 14. Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand? 15. Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him. > > **16. This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.** > > 17. Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears. 18. Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous. (Job 13:14-18, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 14. Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand? 15. Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him. > > **16. This also shall be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him.** > > 17. Hear diligently my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears. 18. See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous. (Job 13:14-18, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 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. maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue > > **16. He also shall be my salvation: for an 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. (Job 13:14-18, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 14. Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand? 15. Lo, He doth slay me, I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue. > > **16. Also, He [is] to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.** > > 17. Hear ye diligently my word, And my declaration with your ears. 18. Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous. (Job 13:14-18, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.