Job 13:18 “See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.”

Job 13:18

See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

World English Bible

See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.

American Standard Version

Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde nowe: if I prepare me to iudgement, I knowe that I shalbe iustified.

Darby Translation

Behold now, I have ordered the cause; I know that I shall be justified.

Young's Literal Translation

Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous.

Bible in Basic English

See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.

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Cross references

“I have ordered”

Job 23:4 Job 16:21 Job 40:7

Job 23:4 · BSB

I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 16:21 · BSB

Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!

Job 40:7 · BSB

“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

“I know”

Job 9:20 Isaiah 43:26 2 Corinthians 1:12 Job 9:2 Job 9:3 Job 40:8

Job 9:20 · BSB

Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.

Isaiah 43:26 · BSB

Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.

2 Corinthians 1:12 · BSB

For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of…

Job 9:2 · BSB

“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

Job 9:3 · BSB

If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

Job 40:8 · BSB

Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.

19Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.

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