Job 13:19

_WHO IS HE THAT WILL PLEAD WITH ME? FOR NOW, IF I HOLD MY TONGUE, I SHALL GIVE UP THE GHOST._ If ... - rather, 'then would I hold my tongue, and give up the ghost;' i:e., if any one can contend with me, and prove me false, I have no more to say; 'I will be silent, and die.' Like our 'I would stake my life on it' (Umbreit)....

13-22 Job resolved to cleave to the testimony his own conscience gave of his uprightness. He depended upon God for justification and salvation, the two great things we hope for through Christ. Temporal salvation he little expected, but of his eternal salvation he was very confident; that God would not only be his Saviour to make him happy, but his salvation, in the sight and enjoyment of whom he should be happy. He knew himself not to be a hypocrite, and concluded that he should not be rejected. We should be well pleased with God as a Friend, even when he seems against us as an enemy. We must believe that all shall work for good to us, even when all seems to make against us. We must cleave to God, yea, though we cannot for the present find comfort in him. In a dying hour, we must derive from him living comforts; and this is to trust in him, though he slay us....

Verse Job 13:19. _WHO_ IS _HE_ THAT _WILL PLEAD WITH ME?_] Let my accuser, the _plaintiff_, come forward; I will defend my cause against him. _I SHALL GIVE UP THE GHOST._] I shall cease to breathe. Defending myself will be as respiration unto me; or, While he is stating his case, I will be _so silent_ as scarcely to _appear to breathe_....

WHO IS HE THAT WILL PLEAD WITH ME? - That is, “who is there now that will take up the cause, and enter into an argument against me? I have set my cause before God. I appeal now to all to take up the argument against me, and have no fear if they do as to the result. I am confident of a sucessful issue, and await calmly the divine adjudication.” FOR NOW, IF I HOLD MY TONGUE I SHALL GIVE UP THE GHOST - This translation, in my view, by no means expresses the sense of the original, if indeed it is not exactly the reverse. According to this version, the meaning is, that if he did not go into a vindication of himself he would die. The Hebrew, however is, “for now I will be silent, and die.” That is, “I have maintained my cause, I will say no more. If there is anyone who can successfully contend with me, and can prove that my course cannot be vindicated, then I have no more to say. I will be sil...

EXPOSITION JOB 13:1, JOB 13:2 The first two verses of Job 13:1. are closely connected with Job 12:1; forming the natural termination to the first section of Job's argument, that all results, whether good or evil, must be referred to God. Job 13:1 is little more than a repetition of Job 12:9 and Job 13:2 of...

WHO [IS] HE [THAT] WILL PLEAD WITH ME,.... Enter the lists with him; dispute the point, and try the strength of his arguments he had to plead for his own justification: thus Christ, the head of the church, and the surety of his people, is represented as speaking when he had by his obedience and sufferings made satisfaction for them, by bringing in an everlasting righteousness, and was, as their public and federal head, justified and acquitted, Isaiah 1:4; and much the same words are put into the mouth of a believer in him, and are expressed by him, Romans 8:33; who stands acquitted from all charges that men or devils, friends or foes, the law or justice of God, the devil and his own unbelieving heart, at any time, can bring against him. Job, well knowing the uprightness of his heart and life, the justness of his cau

CHAPTER S 12-14 JOB'S ANSWER TO ZOPHAR _ 1. His sarcasm (Job 12:1)_ 2. He describes God's power (Job 12:7) 3. He denounces his friends (Job 13:1) 4. He appeals to God (Job 13:14) 5. The brevity and trouble of life (Job 14:1) 6. The ray of light through hope of immortality (Job 14:7) Job 12:1. He answers not only Zophar but the others as well. Before this Job had expressed his

WHO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. GIVE UP THE GHOST. to expire. See note on Job 3:11....

Job now turns from his friends, whom he commands to be silent, to his great plea with God, resuming the intention expressed in Job 13:3. The passage has two parts, one preliminary, Job 13:13, exhibiting a singular picture of the conflict between resolution and fear in Job's mind. He will go before God come upon him what will (Job 13:13). Yet he cannot hide from himself that it may be at the hazard of his life. Yet he will not be deterred; he will defend his ways to God's face (Job 13:14). And yet again, this very courage which he has, arising from his sense of innocence, is a token to him that he shall be victorious ...

5. Job would dare to present his case before God. (Job 13:13-19) TEXT 13:13-19 13 HOLD your PEACE, LET ME ALONE, that I may speak; AND LET COME ON ME WHAT WILL. 14 Wherefore should I TAKE my flesh In my TEETH, And put my life IN MY HAND? 15 BEHOLD, HE WILL SLAY ME; I HAVE NO HOPE: Nevertheless I will maintain MY WAYS BEFORE HIM. 16 This also shall be MY SALVATION, That a godless man SHALL NOT COME BEFORE HIM. 17 Hear diligently my speech, AND let my declaration be in your ears. 18 Behold NOW, I HAVE SET MY CAUSE IN ORDER; I know that I am RIGHTEOUS. 19 Who is he that will contend WITH ME? For then would I hold my peace and GIVE UP the ghost. COMMENT 13:13-19...