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Job 13:18
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Now then, I have prepared my case;I know that I am right.
See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be in the right.
See, I have prepared my case, and I know I will be proved right.
See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.
"Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
"Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.
Beholde nowe: if I prepare me to iudgement, I knowe that I shalbe iustified.
Behold now, I have arranged my case for justice;I know that I will be declared righteous.
Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.
I have prepared my case well, and I am certain to win.
Here, now, I have prepared my case; I know I am in the right.
Behold now, I have ordered the cause; I know that I shall be justified.
I am ready now to defend myself. I will carefully present my arguments. I know I will be shown to be right.
Behold now, I am also pleading my cause; and I know that I am innocent.
I am ready to state my case, because I know I am in the right.
Please look, I have prepared my case; I know that I myself will be vindicated.
Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I shall be justified.
Beholde, though sentence were geuen vpon me, I am sure to be knowne for vngilty.
Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.
See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Behold now, I haue ordered my cause, I know that I shall be iustified.
Beholde, now haue I prepared my iudgement, and knowe that I shalbe founde righteous.
Behold, I am near my judgment: I know that I shall appear evidently just.
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I am righteous.
Look now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.
Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause; I know that I shall be justified.
See now, I have prepared my case, I know that I shall be vindicated.
I have prepared my case; I will be proved innocent.
See, I am ready to tell everything, and all will know I am right.
I have indeed prepared my case; I know that I shall be vindicated.
Lo! I pray you, I have set forth in order a plea, I know that, I, shall be found right.
If I shall be judged, I know that I shall be found just.
Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be vindicated.
Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous.
"Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I have ordered: Job 16:21, Job 23:4, Job 40:7
I know: Job 9:2, Job 9:3, Job 9:20, Job 40:7, Job 40:8, Isaiah 43:26, Romans 8:33, Romans 8:34, 2 Corinthians 1:12
Reciprocal: Job 9:32 - we should Job 13:15 - he slay me
Cross-References
Forsothe Noe bildide an auter to the Lord, and he took of alle clene beestis and briddis, and offride brent sacrifices on the auter.
in the place of the auter which he made bifore, and inwardli clepide there the name of the Lord.
Wherfor also strijf was maad bitwixe the keperis of flockis of Abram and of Loth. Forsothe Chananei and Feresei dwelliden in that lond in that tyme.
Therfor Abram seide to Loth, Y biseche, that no strijf be bitwixe me and thee, and bitwixe my scheepherdis and thi scheepherdis; for we ben britheren.
And, lo! oon that ascapide, telde to Abram Ebrew, that dwellide in the valei of Mambre of Amorrei, brother of Escol, and brother of Aner; for these maden couenaunt of pees with Abram.
Forsothe in the valei of Mambre the Lord apperide to Abraham, sittynge in the dore of his tabernacle, in thilke heete of the dai.
and diede in the citee of Arbee, which is Ebron, in the lond of Chanaan; and Abraham cam to biweyle and biwepe hir.
Also Jacob came to Isaac, his fadir, in to Manbre, a citee Arabee, this is Ebron, in which Manbre Abraham `and Isaac was a pylgrym.
And whanne Joseph answerde, Y am redi, Israel seide, Go thou, and se whether alle thingis ben esi anentis thi britheren, and scheep; and telle thou to me what is doon. He was sent fro the valey of Ebron, and cam into Sichem;
And thei stieden to the south, and camen in to Ebron, where Achyman, and Sisai, and Tholmai, the sones of Enach, weren; for Hebron was maad bi seuen yeer bifor Thamnys, the citee of Egipt.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause,.... Or "judgment" t; that is, he had looked over his cause afresh, had reviewed the state of his case, had considered it in every light, had drawn a plan of it, had digested it in a proper manner, and had arranged his reasons and arguments in vindication of himself in a regular form; and had them at hand, and could readily and easily come at them on occasion, to vindicate himself; and upon the whole could say, in the strongest, manner, and could draw this conclusion,
I know that I shall be justified; which, though it may primarily respect the case in dispute between him and his friends, and the charge of wickedness and hypocrisy brought against him by them, from which he doubted not he should upon a fair hearing be acquitted by God himself, yet it may include his whole state of justification, God-ward, in which he was and should continue; and so may respect, not only the justification of his cause before men, as it was ordered and managed by him, but also the justification of his person before God, of which he had a full assurance; having ordered his cause aright, settled matters well, and proceeded upon a good plan and foundation; which to do is not to put justification upon the foot of purity of nature at first birth, and a sober life and conversation from youth upward, and a perfection of good works arrived unto, as imagined; nor upon a comparative righteousness with respect to other men, even profane and ungodly persons; nor, upon repentance, and sincere though imperfect obedience; nor upon an external belief of evangelic truths, and a submission to Gospel ordinances: but such order their cause well, and rightly conclude their justification, who see and own themselves to be transgressors of the law of God, behold and acknowledge their own righteousness to be insufficient to justify them, view the righteousness of Christ revealed in the Gospel, in its glory, excellency, and suitableness, and lay hold upon it as their justifying righteousness; and observing that the word of God declares, that those that believe in Christ are and shall be justified, and finding in themselves that they do with the heart believe in Christ for righteousness, hence they most comfortably and most sensibly conclude that they are justified persons; for this knowledge is of faith, and this faith the faith of assurance; it is not barely for a man to know that there is righteousness in Christ, and justification by it, but that there is righteousness in him for himself, and that he is the Lord his righteousness; for the words may be rendered, "I know that I am righteous"; or, "am justified" u; justification is a past act in the mind of God; it is present, as it terminates on the conscience of a believer; it is future, as it will be notified at the day of judgment before angels and men; see Isaiah 45:25.
t משפט "judicium", Pagninus, Montanus, c. u כי אני אצדק "quod ego justus sum", Schmidt "me justum esse, vel fore", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I have ordered my cause - literally. “judgment?” - משׁפט mı̂shpâṭ. The Septuagint renders it, “I am near (ἐγγύς εἰμί engus eimi) to my judgment,” or my trial. The meaning may be, that he had gone through the pleading, and had said what he wished in self-vindication, and he was willing to leave the cause with God, and did not doubt the issue. Or more probably, I think, the word ערכתי ‛âraketı̂y should be taken, as the word ידעתי yāda‛tı̂y is, in the present tense, meaning “I now set in order my cause; I enter on the pleading; I am confident that I shall so present it as to be declared righteous.”
I know that I shall be justified - I have no doubt as to the issue. I shall be declared to be an holy man, and not a hypocrite. The word rendered “I shall be justified” (אצדק 'etsâdaq) is used here in the proper and literal sense of the word justify. It is a term of law; and means, “I shall be declared to be righteous. I shall be shown not to be guilty in the form charged on me, and shall be acquitted or vindicated.” This sense is different from that which so often occurs in the Scriptures when applied to the doctrine of the justification of a sinner. Then it means, to treat one AS IF he were righteous, though he is personally guilty and undeserving.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 13:18. Behold now, I have ordered — I am now ready to come into court, and care not how many I have to contend with, provided they speak truth.
