Job 13:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִי־ה֭וּא יָרִ֣יב עִמָּדִ֑י כִּֽי־עַתָּ֖ה אַחֲרִ֣ישׁ וְאֶגְוָֽע׃

Transliteration

mî-hûʾ yārîb ʿimmādî kî-ʿattâ ʾaḥărîš weʾegwāʿ

Grammar Details

*mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
*hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he
*yārîb*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will contend
*ʿimmādî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - with me
*kî*: conjunction - for/because/that
*ʿattâ*: adverb - now
*ʾaḥărîš*: verb, Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will be silent
*weʾegwāʿ*: conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I will expire/die

Word Meanings

*yārîb*: will contend/will argue against/will bring charges against
*ʾaḥărîš*: I will be silent/I will hold my peace
*ʾegwāʿ*: I will expire/I will die/I will perish

ℹ️

About this Translation

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: King James VersionBest for: Original-language word studies

🎯 Translation Approach

Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

2/5

💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
KJV text basis: Employs the classic King James Version wording known for formal equivalence and literary style.
Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

✅ Strengths

Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

👥 Who is this for?

Ideal for

Students of biblical languages
Pastors and teachers
Serious Bible students
Researchers needing lexical linkage
Readers preferring KJV tradition

Consider alternatives for

New believers
Casual devotional reading
Children and young readers
English language learners

🔄 Compare with

ESVNASBNIVCSBNET

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

Isa 50:7-8 : 7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. 8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
Jer 20:9 : 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Rom 8:33 : 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
Job 7:11 : 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:8 : 8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Job 13:13 : 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
Job 19:5 : 5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
Job 33:5-7 : 5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. 6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. 7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
Job 33:32 : 32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 9:19-20
2 verses
83%
19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Job 13:18
81%
18Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Job 13:13-15
3 verses
81%
13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
14Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
Job 23:4-7
4 verses
79%
4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Job 13:20
79%
20Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
Job 21:4
77%
4As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
Isa 50:8
77%
8He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
Job 7:11-12
2 verses
77%
11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
Job 10:1-2
2 verses
77%
1My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Job 9:14-15
2 verses
77%
14How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
Job 13:6
77%
6Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Job 13:22
77%
22Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
Job 37:20
77%
20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Job 40:8
76%
8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Job 7:21
76%
21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Job 19:5
76%
5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
Job 10:20
76%
20Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Job 9:27-28
2 verses
76%
27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Job 13:3
75%
3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Job 6:10
75%
10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
Job 33:31-32
2 verses
75%
31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
32If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
Job 19:7
75%
7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
Job 9:3
75%
3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Job 7:19
75%
19How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Job 9:35
74%
35Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
Job 33:13
74%
13Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
Job 16:6
74%
6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Ps 39:2
74%
2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace{H8689)}, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred{H8738)}.
Job 32:14
74%
14Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
Jer 18:19
74%
19Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Job 40:2
74%
2Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Job 14:13
74%
13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Job 16:21
74%
21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Isa 38:15
74%
15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 9:32
74%
32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
Job 33:5
74%
5If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
Job 31:14
74%
14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Job 13:24
74%
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Job 24:25
73%
25And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?