Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 13:15 Cross-References
Explore 17 cross-references for Job 13:15 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 13 verse 15 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue”
Job 13:15 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 13:15
Job's declaration "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him" represents one of Scripture's highest expressions of unconditional faith. The Hebrew phrase im yiqteleni lo ayachel (אִם־יִקְטְלֵנִי לוֹ אֲיַחֵל) can be translated "Though he slay me, I will hope in him" or "I will wait for him." The verb qatal (קָטַל) means to kill or slay, acknowledging the possibility that God might take Job's life. Yet the verb yachal (יָחַל) means to wait, hope, or trust with confident expectation—Job commits to trusting God even unto death.Some Hebrew manuscripts read lo (לֹא, "not") instead of lo (לוֹ, "to h...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 13:15
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“I will fear no evil”
“I shall come forth like gold.”
“I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end”
“that neither death”
“God is greater than our heart”
“God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.”
“and fill my mouth with arguments.”
“but in death”
“that you may be justified?”
“I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.”