Job 13:16 · KJV
“He also {shall be} my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.”
— Job 13:16
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. {maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue}
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
Job 13 — Context
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. {maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue}
16He also {shall be} my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
17Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
18Behold now, I have ordered {my} cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Cross References
Isaiah 12:1-2
And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
Psalms 118:21
I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
Psalms 118:14
The LORD {is} my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
Jeremiah 3:23
Truly in vain {is salvation hoped for} from the hills, {and from} the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God {is} the salvation of Israel.
Job 27:8-10
For what {is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Acts 13:47
For so hath the Lord commanded us, {saying}, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
Psalms 27:1
[{A Psalm} of David.] The LORD {is} my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD {is} the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?