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Job 13 (NET)

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Job 13:1¹“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 5:9-16 1 John 1:3 Job 12:9-25 Job 15:17-18 Job 4:12 Job 42:3-6 Job 5:27 Job 8:8-10 Ps 78:3-4

Job 13:2²What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 12:3 2 Cor 11:16-18 2 Cor 12:11 Job 42:7 1 Cor 8:1-2 2 Cor 11:4-5 Job 34:35 Job 35:16 Job 37:2 Job 40:4-5

Job 13:3³But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 41:21 Isa 1:18-20 Job 13:22 Job 31:35 Job 9:3 Jer 12:1-2 Job 11:5 Job 13:15 Job 23:3-7 Job 9:14-15

Job 13:4⁴But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 119:69 Jer 23:32 Jer 6:14 Jer 8:22 Job 16:2 Mark 5:26 Ezek 34:4 Hos 5:13 Jer 30:13 Jer 46:11

Job 13:5⁵If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 17:28 Jas 1:19 Eccl 5:3 Job 13:13 Amos 5:13 Job 11:3 Job 16:3 Job 18:2 Job 19:2 Job 21:2-3

Job 13:6⁶“Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips’ contentions.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 34:2 Job 21:2-3 Job 33:1-3 Judg 9:7 Prov 8:6-7

Job 13:7⁷Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 36:4 Job 27:4 2 Cor 4:2 Job 11:2-4 Job 17:5 Job 32:21-22 Job 4:7 John 16:2 Rom 3:5-8

Job 13:8⁸Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 23:2-3 Prov 24:23 Job 32:21 Job 34:19 Lev 19:15 Mal 2:9

Job 13:9⁹Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gal 6:7-8 Jer 17:10 Ps 44:21 Isa 28:22 Job 12:16 Job 17:2 Job 34:36 Ps 139:23

Job 13:10¹⁰He would certainly rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 2:9 Ps 50:21-22 Ps 82:2 Job 42:7-8

Job 13:11¹¹Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 31:23 Ps 119:120 Exod 15:16 Isa 8:13 Jer 10:10 Jer 5:22 Job 13:21 Matt 10:28 Rev 15:3-4

Job 13:12¹²Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 5:1 Exod 17:14 Gen 18:27 Gen 2:7 Isa 26:14 Job 18:17 Job 4:19 Prov 10:7 Ps 102:12 Ps 109:15

Job 13:13¹³“Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 7:11 Job 10:1 Job 13:5 Job 21:3 Job 6:9-10 Job 7:15-16

Job 13:14¹⁴Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 12:3 Ps 119:109 1 Sam 19:5 1 Sam 28:21 Eccl 4:5 Job 18:4 Isa 49:26 Isa 9:20

Job 13:15¹⁵Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 23:4 Job 23:10 Job 19:25-28 Rom 8:38-39 1 John 3:20 Job 27:5 Job 23:4-7 Prov 14:32 Job 40:8 Job 13:18

Job 13:16¹⁶Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 12:1-2 Isa 33:14 Ps 118:21 Acts 13:47 Exod 15:2 Jer 3:23 Job 27:8-10 Job 36:13 Job 8:13 Ps 118:14

Job 13:17¹⁷Listen carefully to my words; let your ears be attentive to my explanation.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 13:6 Job 21:2 Job 33:1

Job 13:18¹⁸See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 23:4 Job 9:2-3 2 Cor 1:12 Isa 43:26 Job 16:21 Job 40:7-8 Job 9:20 Rom 8:33-34

Job 13:19¹⁹Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 50:7-8 Jer 20:9 Job 10:8 Job 13:13 Job 19:5 Job 33:32 Job 33:5-7 Job 7:11 Rom 8:33

Job 13:20²⁰Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 3:8-10 Job 9:34-35 Ps 139:12 Rev 6:15-16

Job 13:21²¹Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 33:7 Job 9:34 Ps 39:10 Job 10:20 Job 13:11 Job 22:15-17 Ps 119:120

Job 13:22²²Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 14:15 Job 38:3 Job 40:4-5 Job 42:3-6 Job 9:16 Job 9:32

Job 13:23²³How many are my iniquities and sins? Show me my transgression and my sin.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 36:8-9 Ps 139:23 Ps 44:20-21 Job 22:5

Job 13:24²⁴Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 19:11 Lam 2:5 Ps 13:1 Deut 32:20 Isa 8:17 Job 33:10 Ps 44:24 Ps 88:14 1 Sam 28:16 2 Thess 3:15

Job 13:25²⁵Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 21:18 Lev 26:36 1 Sam 24:14 Isa 17:13 Job 14:3 Matt 12:20

Job 13:26²⁶For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 25:7 John 5:14 Jer 31:19 Job 20:11 Job 3:20 John 5:5 Prov 5:11-13 Ps 88:3-18 Ruth 1:20

Job 13:27²⁷And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 33:11 2 Chr 16:10-12 Acts 16:24 Job 10:6 Job 14:16 Job 16:9 Job 2:7 Prov 7:22

Job 13:28²⁸So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 39:11 Job 4:19 Hos 5:12 Job 30:17-19 Job 30:29-30 Num 12:12

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