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King James Version

Job 13:16

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hypocrisy;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Hypocrisy;   Salvation;   Trust;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hypocrites;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Job;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;   Knowledge of God (1);   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Quotations;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Godless;   Hypocrisy;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jeremiah B. Abba;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 8;  

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.
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 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will. 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. 16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him. 17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. 18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. 19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. 20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee. 21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. 22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

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
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
Genesis 13:2
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 13:3
And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
Genesis 13:14
And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Genesis 13:18
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord .
Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Genesis 17:6
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
Genesis 17:20
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

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, β€œHe is unto me for salvation,” that is, β€œI 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.


 
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