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Job 13:19 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Job 13:19 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 13 verse 19 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.”
Job 13:19 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 13:19
'Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.' Job challenges any accuser: 'Who will plead' (יָרִיב, yariv—contend legally) against him? He's so confident that silence would mean death—'give up the ghost' (אֶגְוָע, egva—expire, perish). This bold challenge precedes Job's courtroom language throughout the book. Job desires legal vindication, not just relief. His concern for justice over mere comfort reveals that humans are more than pleasure-seeking animals—we're moral agents who need vindication. The Reformed doctrine of justification addresses th...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 13:19
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“and I know that I shall not be disappointed.”
“answer me. Speak”
“and plead against me my reproach;”
“I will not make mention of him”
“answer me. Set your words in order before me”
“Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.”