King James Version
Job 13:19 in the King James Version says “Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.” — study this verse from Job chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
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.
Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“Who is he that will plead”
H7378properly, to toss, i.e., grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e., hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“with me for now if I hold my tongue”
H2790to scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad
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