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Job 13:13

"Be silent before me so that I may speak; And let happen to me what may.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Self-Righteousness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Hold Your Peace;   Silence;   Silence-Speech;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Job;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 8;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Be quiet, and I will speak.Let whatever comes happen to me.
Hebrew Names Version
"Be silent, leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.
King James Version
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
English Standard Version
"Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may.
New Century Version
"Be quiet and let me speak. Let things happen to me as they will.
New English Translation
"Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.
New American Standard Bible
"Be silent before me so that I may speak; Then let come upon me what may.
World English Bible
"Be silent, leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Holde your tongues in my presence, that I may speake, and let come vpon what will.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Be silent before me so that I may speak;Then let come on me what may.
Berean Standard Bible
Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
Contemporary English Version
Be quiet while I speak, then say what you will.
Complete Jewish Bible
"So be quiet! Let me be! I'll do the talking, come on me what may!
Darby Translation
Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what [will]!
Easy-to-Read Version
"Be quiet and let me talk! I accept whatever happens to me.
George Lamsa Translation
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak also, and tell everything that has come upon me.
Good News Translation
Be quiet and give me a chance to speak, and let the results be what they will.
Lexham English Bible
"Let me have silence, and I myself will speak, and let come over me whatever may.
Literal Translation
Be silent from me, that I may speak; and let what will, pass over me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Holde youre tonges now, and let me speake, for there is some thinge come in to my mynde.
American Standard Version
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.
Bible in Basic English
Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
King James Version (1611)
Hold your peace, let me alone that I may speake, and let come on me what will.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Holde your tongues for my sake, that I also may speake, and my sorowe shalbe the lesse.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Be silent, that I may speak, and cease from mine anger,
English Revised Version
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what wilt.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Be ye stille a litil, that Y speke, what euer thing the mynde hath schewid to me.
Update Bible Version
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.
Webster's Bible Translation
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what [will].
New King James Version
"Hold your peace with me, and let me speak, Then let come on me what may!
New Living Translation
"Be silent now and leave me alone. Let me speak, and I will face the consequences.
New Life Bible
"Be quiet so that I may speak. Then let come on me what will.
New Revised Standard
"Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Quietly let me alone, that, I, may speak out, then let come on me, what may.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Hold your peace a little while, that I may speak whatsoever my mind shall suggest to me.
Revised Standard Version
"Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may.
Young's Literal Translation
Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?
THE MESSAGE
"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.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Be silent before me so that I may speak; Then let come on me what may.

Contextual Overview

13"Be silent before me so that I may speak; And let happen to me what may.14"Why should I take my flesh in my teeth And put my life in my hands [incurring the wrath of God]? 15"Even though He kills me; I will hope in Him. Nevertheless, I will argue my ways to His face. 16"This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before Him. 17"Listen diligently to my speech, And let my declaration fill your ears. 18"Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated. 19"Who will argue and contend with me? For then I would be silent and die. 20"Only [O Lord,] do not do two things to me, And then I will not hide myself from Your face: 21Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering, And let not the dread of You terrify me. 22"Then [Lord,] call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and then reply to me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hold your peace: Heb. Be silent from me

let me: Job 13:5, Job 7:11, Job 10:1, Job 21:3

and let come: Job 6:9, Job 6:10, Job 7:15, Job 7:16

Reciprocal: Job 1:2 - seven sons Job 13:19 - if I hold Job 32:20 - I will speak

Cross-References

Genesis 6:11
The [population of the] earth was corrupt [absolutely depraved—spiritually and morally putrid] in God's sight, and the land was filled with violence [desecration, infringement, outrage, assault, and lust for power].
Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD."
Genesis 13:4
where he had first built an altar; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD [in prayer].
Genesis 13:6
Now the land was not able to support them [that is, sustain all their grazing and water needs] while they lived near one another, for their possessions were too great for them to stay together.
Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife and disagreement between you and me, nor between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, because we are relatives.
Genesis 13:9
"Is not the entire land before you? Please separate [yourself] from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or if you choose the right, then I will go to the left."
Genesis 13:11
Then Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan, and he traveled east. So they separated from each other.
Genesis 15:16
"Then in the fourth generation your descendants shall return here [to Canaan, the land of promise], for the wickedness and guilt of the Amorites is not yet complete (finished)."
Genesis 18:20
And the LORD said, "The outcry [of the sin] of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.
Genesis 38:7
But Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD killed him [in judgment].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hold your peace, let me alone,.... Or, cease "from me" i: from speaking to me, or hindering me from speaking. Job might perceive, by some motions of his friends, that they were about to interrupt him; and therefore he desires they would be silent, and let him go on:

that I may speak; or, "and I will speak",

and let come on me what [will]; either from men, or from God himself; a good man, when he knows his cause is good, and he has truth on his side, is not careful or concerned what reproach may be cast upon him, or what censures from men he may undergo; or what persecutions from them he may endure; none of these things move him from his duty, or can stop his mouth from speaking the truth; let him be threatened with what he will, he cannot but speak the things which he has seen and heard, and knows to be true; as for what may come upon him from God, that he is not solicitous about; he knows he will lay nothing upon him but what is common to men, will support him under it, or deliver him from it in his own time and way, or however make all things work together for his good: some render it, "and let something pass by me", or "from me" k; that is, somewhat of his grief and sorrow, while he was speaking and pouring out his complaints before God; but the former sense seems best.

i מגני "desistite a me", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. k ויעבר עלי מה "ut transeat praeter me aliquid, vel a me", Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hold your peace - Margin, Be silent from me; see Job 13:5. It is possible that Job may have perceived in them some disposition to interrupt him in a rude manner in reply to the severe remarks which he had made, and he asked the privilege, therefore, of being permitted to go on, and to say what he intended, let come what would.

And let come on me what will - Anything, whether reproaches from you, or additional sufferings from the hand of God. Allow me to express my sentiments, whatever may be the consequences to myself. One cannot but be forcibly reminded by this verse of the remark of the Greek philosopher, “Strike, but hear me.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 13:13. Hold your peace — You have perverted righteousness and truth, and your pleadings are totally irrelevant to the case; you have travelled out of the road; you have left law and justice behind you; it is high time that you should have done.

Let come on me what will.] I will now defend myself against you, and leave the cause to its issue.


 
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