King James Version
Job 13:18 in the King James Version says “Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.” — study this verse from Job chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.”
Job 13:18 · KJV
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.
Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“Behold now I have ordered”
H6186to set in a row, i.e., arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
“my cause”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“I know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that I shall be justified”
H6663to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
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