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Job 13.16
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Job 13.16

Book: Job · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

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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.

  1. 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

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.

  1. 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

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.

  1. 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

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.

  1. 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)

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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.

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Notes

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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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
  • WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
  • KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
  • 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.

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