Job 13:17 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.”

Job 13:17

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Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. {maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue}

He also {shall be} my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

Behold now, I have ordered {my} cause; I know that I shall be justified.

Who {is} he {that} will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

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Job 13:1

"Lo, mine eye hath seen all {this}, mine ear hath heard and understood it."

Job 13:2

"What ye know, {the same} do I know also: I {am} not inferior unto you."

Job 13:3

"Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God."

Job 13:4

"But ye {are} forgers of lies, ye {are} all physicians of no value."

Job 13:5

"O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom."

Job 13:6

"Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips."

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