Job 13:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 50:7-8 : 7 For the Lord God is my helper; I will not be put to shame: so I have made my face like a rock, and I am certain that he will give me my right. 8 He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? let him come near to me.
  • Jer 20:9 : 9 And if I say, I will not keep him in mind, I will not say another word in his name; then it is in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am tired of keeping myself in, I am not able to do it.
  • Rom 8:33 : 33 Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil;
  • Job 7:11 : 11 So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.
  • Job 10:8 : 8 Your hands made me, and I was formed by you, but then, changing your purpose, you gave me up to destruction.
  • Job 13:13 : 13 Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me.
  • Job 19:5 : 5 If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,
  • Job 33:5-7 : 5 If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward. 6 See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth. 7 Fear of me will not overcome you, and my hand will not be hard on you.
  • Job 33:32 : 32 If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

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