Job 13:16

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Yes, this will result in my deliverance,for no godless person can appear before him.

Hebrew Names Version
This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.

King James Version
He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

English Standard Version
This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him.

New Century Version
This is my salvation. The wicked cannot come before him.

New English Translation
Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him.

Amplified Bible
"This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before Him.

New American Standard Bible
"This also will be my salvation, For a godless person cannot come before His presence.

World English Bible
This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He shalbe my saluation also: for the hypocrite shall not come before him.

Legacy Standard Bible
This also will be my salvation,For a godless man may not come before His presence.

Berean Standard Bible
Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.

Contemporary English Version
This may be what saves me, because no guilty person would come to his court.

Complete Jewish Bible
And this is what will save me — that a hypocrite cannot appear before him.

Darby Translation
This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before his face.

Easy-to-Read Version
And if he lets me live, it will be because I had the confidence to speak. No guilty person would dare meet God face to face.

George Lamsa Translation
He also shall be my Saviour; for a hypocrite shall not come before him.

Good News Translation
It may even be that my boldness will save me, since no wicked person would dare to face God.

Lexham English Bible
Moreover, this is salvation to me, that the godless would not come before him.

Literal Translation
He also is my salvation, for an ungodly one shall not come before Him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
he is euen the same, that maketh me whole: and why? there maye no Ypocrite come before him,

American Standard Version
This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.

Bible in Basic English
And that will be my salvation, for an evil-doer would not come before him,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
This also shall be my salvation, that a hypocrite cannot come before Him.

King James Version (1611)
Hee also shall be my saluation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He shalbe my saluation: for there may no hypocrite come before him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And this shall turn to me for salvation; for fraud shall have no entrance before him.

English Revised Version
This also shall be my salvation; for a godless man shall not come before him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he schal be my sauyour; for whi ech ypocrite schal not come in his siyt.

Update Bible Version
This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.

Webster's Bible Translation
He also [shall be] my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him.

New King James Version
He also shall be my salvation, For a hypocrite could not come before Him.

New Living Translation
But this is what will save me—I am not godless. If I were, I could not stand before him.

New Life Bible
This will save me, for a sinful man may not come to Him.

New Revised Standard
This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Even he, will be on my side - unto salvation, For, not before his face, shall any impious person come.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall be my saviour: for no hypocrite shall come before his presence.

Revised Standard Version
This will be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him.

Young's Literal Translation
Also -- He [is] to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before His presence.

Contextual Overview

¹³"So hold your tongue while I have my say, then I'll take whatever I have coming to me. Why do I go out on a limb like this and take my life in my hands? Because even if he killed me, I'd keep on hoping. I'd defend my innocence to the very end. Just wait, this is going to work out for the best—my salvation! If I were guilt-stricken do you think I'd be doing this— laying myself on the line before God? You'd better pay attention to what I'm telling you, listen carefully with both ears. Now that I've laid out my defense, I'm sure that I'll be acquitted. Can anyone prove charges against me? I've said my piece. I rest my case. ²⁰"Please, God, I have two requests; grant them so I'll know I count with you: First, lay off the afflictions; the terror is too much for me. Second, address me directly so I can answer you, or let me speak and then you answer me. How many sins have been charged against me? Show me the list—how bad is it? Why do you stay hidden and silent? Why treat me like I'm your enemy? Why kick me around like an old tin can? Why beat a dead horse? You compile a long list of mean things about me, even hold me accountable for the sins of my youth. You hobble me so I can't move about. You watch every move I make, and brand me as a dangerous character.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

my salvation: Exodus 15:2, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 62:6, Psalms 62:7, Psalms 118:14, Psalms 118:21, Isaiah 12:2, Jeremiah 3:23, Acts 13:47

for an hypocrite: Job 8:13, Job 27:8-10, Job 36:13, Isaiah 33:14

Reciprocal: Luke 11:41 - rather James 5:11 - Ye

Cross-References

Genesis 13:1
So Abram left Egypt and went back to the Negev, he and his wife and everything he owned, and Lot still with him. By now Abram was very rich, loaded with cattle and silver and gold.

Genesis 13:3
He moved on from the Negev, camping along the way, to Bethel, the place he had first set up his tent between Bethel and Ai and built his first altar. Abram prayed there to God .

Genesis 13:14
After Lot separated from him, God said to Abram, "Open your eyes, look around. Look north, south, east, and west. Everything you see, the whole land spread out before you, I will give to you and your children forever. I'll make your descendants like dust—counting your descendants will be as impossible as counting the dust of the Earth. So—on your feet, get moving! Walk through the country, its length and breadth; I'm giving it all to you."

Genesis 13:18
Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .

Genesis 15:5
Then he took him outside and said, "Look at the sky. Count the stars. Can you do it? Count your descendants! You're going to have a big family, Abram!"

Genesis 17:20
"And Ishmael? Yes, I heard your prayer for him. I'll also bless him; I'll make sure he has plenty of children—a huge family. He'll father twelve princes; I'll make him a great nation. But I'll establish my covenant with Isaac whom Sarah will give you about this time next year."

Genesis 28:3
"And may The Strong God bless you and give you many, many children, a congregation of peoples; and pass on the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants so that you will get this land in which you live, this land God gave Abraham."

Genesis 35:11
God continued, I am The Strong God. Have children! Flourish! A nation—a whole company of nations!— will come from you. Kings will come from your loins; the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now give to you, and pass it on to your descendants.

Genesis 46:3
God said, "I am the God of your father. Don't be afraid of going down to Egypt. I'm going to make you a great nation there. I'll go with you down to Egypt; I'll also bring you back here. And when you die, Joseph will be with you; with his own hand he'll close your eyes."

1 Kings 4:20
Judah and Israel were densely populated—like sand on an ocean beach! All their needs were met; they ate and drank and were happy. Solomon was sovereign over all the kingdoms from the River Euphrates in the east to the country of the Philistines in the west, all the way to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and were vassals of Solomon all his life.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He also [shall be] my salvation,.... Job, though he asserted the integrity of his heart and life, yet did not depend on his ways and works for salvation, but only on the Lord himself; this is to be understood not of temporal salvation, though God is the author of that, and it is only to be had of him, yet Job had no hope concerning that; but of spiritual and eternal salvation, which God the Father has contrived, determined, and resolved on, and sent his Son to effect; which Christ being sent is the author of by his obedience, sufferings, and death; and in him, and in his name alone, is salvation; and every soul, sensible of the insufficiency of himself and others to save him, will resolve, as Job here, that he, and he only, shall be his Saviour, who is an able, willing, and complete one; see Hosea 14:3; and the words are expressive of faith of interest in him. Job knew him to be his Saviour, and living Redeemer, and would acknowledge no other; but claim his interest in him, now and hereafter, and which was his greatest support under all his troubles; see Job 19:26;

for an hypocrite shall not come before him; a hypocrite may come into the house of God, and worship him externally, and seem to be very devout and religious; and he shall come before the tribunal of God, and stand at his bar, to be tried and judged; but he shall not continue in the presence of God, nor enjoy his favour, or he shall not be able to make his cause good before him; and indeed he does not care to have himself examined by him, nor shall he be saved everlastingly, but undergo the most severe punishment, Matthew 24:51. Job here either has respect to his friends, whom he censures as hypocrites, and retorts the charge upon they brought on him; or he has reference to that charge, and by this means clears himself of it, since there was nothing he was more desirous of than to refer his case to the decision of the omniscient God, and righteous Judge; which if he was an hypocrite he would never have done, since such can never stand so strict and severe an examination.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He also shalt be my salvation - See the notes at Isaiah 12:2. Literally, “He is unto me for salvation,” that is, “I put my trust in him, and he will save me. The opportunity of appearing before God, and of maintaining my cause in his presence, will result in my deliverance from the charges which are alleged against me. I shall be able there to show that I am not a hypocrite, and God will become my defender.”

For an hypocrite shall not come before him - This seems to be a proverb, or a statement of a general and indisputable principle. Job admitted this to be true. Yet he expected to be able to vindicate himself before God, and this gould prove that he was not an hypocrite - on the general principle that a man who was permitted to stand before God and to obtain his favor, could not be an unrighteous man. To God he looked with confidence; and God, he had no doubt, would be his defender. This fact would prove that he could not be an hypocrite, as his friends maintained.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 13:16. He also shall be my salvation — He will save me, because I trust in him.

A hypocrite — A wicked man shall never be able to stand before him. I am conscious of this, and were I, as you suppose, a secret sinner, I should not dare to make this appeal.