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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 13:13-22

Job here takes fresh hold, fast hold, of his integrity, as one that was resolved not to let it go, nor suffer it to be wrested from him. His firmness in this matter is commendable and his warmth excusable. I. He entreats his friends and all the company to let him alone, and not interrupt him in what he was about to say (Job 13:13), but diligently to hearken to it, Job 13:17. He would have his own protestation to be decisive, for none but God and himself knew his heart. ?Be silent therefore,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:19

Who is he that will plead with me ,.... Enter the lists with him; dispute the point, and try the strength of his arguments he had to plead for his own justification: thus Christ, the head of the church, and the surety of his people, is represented as speaking when he had by his obedience and sufferings made satisfaction for them, by bringing in an everlasting righteousness, and was, as their public and federal head, justified and acquitted, Isaiah 1:4 ; and much the same words are put... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 13:19

Who is he that will plead with me? - Let my accuser, the plaintiff, come forward; I will defend my cause against him. I shall give up the ghost - I shall cease to breathe. Defending myself will be as respiration unto me; or, While he is stating his case, I will be so silent as scarcely to appear to breathe. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:1-22

Man's injustice and the justice of God. Job proceeds to turn the tables upon these self-complacent friends, who are so disposed to moralize and find illustrations of their conceptions of the Divine righteousness at his expense. His friends, however, really do him a service; not, indeed, by manifesting the sympathy he craves, but by throwing him upon his own resources—still better, by throwing him upon his God. The tonic of opposition is sometimes far more needed in mental suffering than is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:13-22

Job's appeal to God. I. DREAD OF THE RESULT OF THE APPEAL COMES UPON HIS MIND AT THE VERY MOMENT OF EXECUTING HIS RESOLVE . (Verses 13-15.) So with Moses ( Exodus 33:20 ), with Manoah and his wife ( 13:22 ); so with Abraham pleading for the cities of the plain ( Genesis 18:23 , et seq. ). It is the consciousness of weakness in the presence of omnipotence, of sinfulness in the presence of perfect holiness, which checks the spirit on the threshold... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:14-28

The appeal is now to God; but Job prefaces it by excusing his boldness (verses 14-19). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:17-28

Job to God: resumption of the third controversy: 1. The pleading of a saint with Heaven. I. PRELIMINARIES TO THE PLEADING . 1 . Public audience invited. Job requests his discomfited friends to be silent spectators of the ensuing trial, and to attentively consider the defence he was about to offer (verse 17). Intended chiefly for the ear of God, it should yet contain nothing unfit for publication in the hearing of men. Conscious of sincerity, Job had nothing to conceal.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:19

Who is he that will plead with me? Will God himself plead? Or will he depute some one, man or angel? Job is impatient that the pleadings should begin. For now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost . Some translate, "For now shall I hold my peace and give up the ghost," which they explain to mean, "If God does implead me, I shall take refuge in silence, and straightway expire." But this seems an impossible conclusion, when all that Job has been aiming at and striving for since his... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 13:19

Who is he that will plead with me? - That is, “who is there now that will take up the cause, and enter into an argument against me? I have set my cause before God. I appeal now to all to take up the argument against me, and have no fear if they do as to the result. I am confident of a sucessful issue, and await calmly the divine adjudication.”For now, if I hold my tongue I shall give up the ghost - This translation, in my view, by no means expresses the sense of the original, if indeed it is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 13:18-19

Job 13:18-19. Behold, now, I have ordered my cause Namely, in my own mind. I have seriously considered the state of my case, what can be said, either for me or against me, and am ready to plead my cause. I know that I shall be justified Acquitted by God of that hypocrisy and wickedness wherewith you charge me, and declared a righteous person, human infirmities excepted. Who is he that will plead with me? Let who will come and accuse me, I am ready to answer. If I hold my tongue, I ... read more

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