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If so, I will be silent and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Who can argue with me over this? And if you prove me wrong, I will remain silent and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Who is there who will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Who <i>is</i> he <i>that</i> will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Who <i>is</i> he <i>who</i> will contend with me? If now I hold my tongue, I perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Who could contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Who will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Who will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Who will contend with me? For now I am silent and will breathe my last.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Who will argue <i>and</i> contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If you can prove me guilty, I will give up and die. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Who is he that will contend with me? for now shall I hold my peace and give up the ghost.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Who can make a case against me? If someone could, I'd be silent and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Are you coming to accuse me, God? If you do, I am ready to be silent and die. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Who can oppose me? If they do, I'll be silent and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall expire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Who [is] he that strives with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Who is he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Who is he will contend with me? for now shall I be silent and expire;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who is he that will plead against me? let him come: why am I consumed holding my peace? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Who is it that will go to judgment with me? Let him approach. Why should I be consumed in silence?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If anyone can make a case against me, then I shall be silent and expire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Who is there that will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Who is he that will contend with me? For now I will keep silent and be at rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Who is he that contends with me? For now I shall be silent and be at rest<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and expire?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/13-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2029" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/13.htm">Job Reproves His Friends</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî- (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Can anyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7378.htm" title="7378: yā·rîḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- Or ruwb; a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. Grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. Hold a controversy; to defend.">indict</a> <a href="/hebrew/5978.htm" title="5978: ‘im·mā·ḏî (Prep:: 1cs) -- Along with, against, by, from">me?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: ‘at·tāh (Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">so,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2790.htm" title="2790: ’a·ḥă·rîš (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To cut in, engrave, plow, devise.">I will be silent</a> <a href="/hebrew/1478.htm" title="1478: wə·’eḡ·wā‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-1cs) -- To expire, perish, die. A primitive root; to breathe out, i.e. expire.">and die.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/9-3.htm">Job 9:3</a></span><br />If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/23-4.htm">Job 23:4-5</a></span><br />I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments. / I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/31-35.htm">Job 31:35</a></span><br />(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/50-8.htm">Isaiah 50:8</a></span><br />The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-1.htm">Isaiah 41:1</a></span><br />“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/143-2.htm">Psalm 143:2</a></span><br />Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/7-3.htm">Psalm 7:3-5</a></span><br />O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands, / if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause, / then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/26-1.htm">Psalm 26:1-2</a></span><br />Of David. Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. / Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/35-23.htm">Psalm 35:23</a></span><br />Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-9.htm">Jeremiah 2:9</a></span><br />Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah 12:1</a></span><br />Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-33.htm">Romans 8:33-34</a></span><br />Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. / Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-19.htm">Romans 3:19</a></span><br />Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-20.htm">1 John 3:20-21</a></span><br />Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things. / Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-4.htm">1 Corinthians 4:4</a></span><br />My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.</p><p class="hdg">that will plead</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/19-5.htm">Job 19:5</a></b></br> If indeed ye will magnify <i>yourselves</i> against me, and plead against me my reproach:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/33-5.htm">Job 33:5-7,32</a></b></br> If thou canst answer me, set <i>thy words</i> in order before me, stand up… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/50-7.htm">Isaiah 50:7,8</a></b></br> For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed… </p><p class="hdg">if I hold</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/13-13.htm">Job 13:13</a></b></br> Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what <i>will</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11</a></b></br> Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/20-9.htm">Jeremiah 20:9</a></b></br> Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But <i>his word</i> was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not <i>stay</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/11-7.htm">Able</a> <a href="/job/13-15.htm">Argument</a> <a href="/job/12-10.htm">Breath</a> <a href="/job/10-2.htm">Charges</a> <a href="/job/13-8.htm">Contend</a> <a href="/job/9-15.htm">Contendeth</a> <a href="/job/12-2.htm">Die</a> <a href="/job/10-18.htm">Expire</a> <a href="/job/11-20.htm">Gasp</a> <a href="/job/11-20.htm">Ghost</a> <a href="/job/13-13.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/job/13-13.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/job/13-8.htm">Plead</a> <a href="/job/13-13.htm">Quiet</a> <a href="/job/13-13.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/job/12-10.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/job/13-8.htm">Strive</a> <a href="/job/12-11.htm">Tongue</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/21-22.htm">Able</a> <a href="/job/19-5.htm">Argument</a> <a href="/job/14-10.htm">Breath</a> <a href="/job/22-4.htm">Charges</a> <a href="/job/23-6.htm">Contend</a> <a href="/job/40-2.htm">Contendeth</a> <a href="/job/14-8.htm">Die</a> <a href="/job/27-5.htm">Expire</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-14.htm">Gasp</a> <a href="/job/14-10.htm">Ghost</a> <a href="/job/13-24.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/job/15-21.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/job/16-21.htm">Plead</a> <a href="/job/15-4.htm">Quiet</a> <a href="/job/29-21.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/job/14-10.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/job/23-6.htm">Strive</a> <a href="/job/15-5.htm">Tongue</a><div class="vheading2">Job 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-1.htm">Job reproves his friends for partiality</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-14.htm">He professes his confidence in God; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-19.htm">and entreats to know his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Can anyone indict me?</b><br>In this phrase, Job is asserting his innocence and challenging his accusers. The term "indict" suggests a formal accusation or charge, which in the context of Job's story, refers to the accusations made by his friends who believe his suffering is due to sin. This reflects the legal language often found in the book of Job, where Job's situation is likened to a courtroom trial. Biblically, this echoes the theme of divine justice and the question of why the righteous suffer, a central theme in Job. Job's confidence in his innocence can be compared to the righteousness of Christ, who also faced false accusations (<a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7</a>).<p><b>If so, I will be silent and die.</b><br>Here, Job expresses his willingness to accept the consequences if proven guilty, even to the point of death. This reflects the cultural and historical context of the ancient Near East, where honor and integrity were highly valued, and a person's word was a matter of life and death. Job's readiness to be silent and die if found guilty underscores his deep conviction of his innocence and his trust in God's ultimate justice. This can be connected to the silence of Jesus before His accusers (<a href="/matthew/27-12.htm">Matthew 27:12-14</a>), where He, too, was willing to face death despite His innocence, fulfilling His role as the sacrificial Lamb.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man described as blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He undergoes severe trials and suffering, losing his wealth, children, and health.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who come to comfort Job but end up accusing him of wrongdoing, suggesting that his suffering is a result of his sin.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator who allows Job's testing to prove his faithfulness and integrity.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary who challenges Job's righteousness, suggesting that Job is faithful only because of his prosperity.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_heavenly_court.htm">The Heavenly Court</a></b><br>The setting at the beginning of the Book of Job where God and Satan discuss Job's faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/integrity_before_god.htm">Integrity Before God</a></b><br>Job's confidence in his innocence before God challenges us to live with integrity, knowing that God sees and knows our hearts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_human_accusation.htm">The Futility of Human Accusation</a></b><br>Job's rhetorical question highlights the futility of human accusations when we stand justified before God. We should seek God's approval above all.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_trials.htm">Endurance in Trials</a></b><br>Job's willingness to face death rather than falsely confess to sins he did not commit teaches us about enduring trials with steadfast faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_suffering.htm">The Role of Suffering</a></b><br>Job's experience reminds us that suffering is not always a direct result of personal sin but can be a test of faith and character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/confidence_in_divine_justice.htm">Confidence in Divine Justice</a></b><br>Job's statement reflects a deep trust in God's ultimate justice, encouraging us to trust in God's righteous judgment over human opinions.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_jesus_the_savior_offering_eternal_life.htm">Has God abandoned me?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/job_21_13__evidence_rich_die_at_ease.htm">In Job 21:13, what evidence exists (historically or archaeologically) that would suggest the rich die at ease without facing retribution?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god_silent_in_psalm_83_1.htm">Why does Psalm 83:1 depict God as silent in the face of a dire threat, despite other scriptures portraying Him as actively intervening?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god_silent_if_job's_pleas_lack_merit.htm">In light of Job 35:16, why would a merciful God remain silent if Job's pleas are without merit, given other scriptures showing God responding to human need?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">If I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.</span>--A marvellous confession, equivalent to, "If I give up my faith in Him who is my salvation, and my personal innocence, which goes hand-in-hand therewith, I shall perish. To give up my innocence is to give up Him in whom I hold my innocence, and in whom I live."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Who is he that will plead with me?</span> Will God himself plead? Or will he depute some one, man or angel? Job is impatient that the pleadings should begin. <span class="cmt_word">For now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost</span>. Some translate, "For now shall I hold my peace and give up the ghost," which they explain to mean, "If God does implead me, I shall take refuge in silence, and straightway expire." But this seems an impossible conclusion, when all that Job has been aiming at and striving for since his opponents taxed him with wickedness has been that he might "speak to the Almighty, and reason with God" (ver. 3). It is far simpler to keep to the translation of the Authorized Version, and understand Job to mean that things have now reached a point at which he must either speak or expire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/13-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Can anyone</span><br /><span class="heb">מִי־</span> <span class="translit">(mî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">indict</span><br /><span class="heb">יָרִ֣יב</span> <span class="translit">(yā·rîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7378.htm">Strong's 7378: </a> </span><span class="str2">To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me?</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמָּדִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mā·ḏî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5978.htm">Strong's 5978: </a> </span><span class="str2">Against, by, from, me, mine, of, that I take, unto, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַתָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> </span><span class="str2">At this time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will be silent</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרִ֣ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rîš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2790.htm">Strong's 2790: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut in, engrave, plow, devise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and die.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶגְוָֽע׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eḡ·wā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1478.htm">Strong's 1478: </a> </span><span class="str2">To breathe out, expire</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/13-19.htm">Job 13:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/13-19.htm">Job 13:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/13-19.htm">Job 13:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/13-19.htm">Job 13:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/13-19.htm">Job 13:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/13-19.htm">Job 13:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/13-19.htm">Job 13:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/13-19.htm">Job 13:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/13-19.htm">Job 13:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/13-19.htm">Job 13:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/13-19.htm">OT Poetry: Job 13:19 Who is he who will contend (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/13-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 13:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 13:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/13-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 13:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 13:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>