Job 13:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 23:4 : 4 I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
  • Job 9:2-3 : 2 “Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God? 3 If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
  • Job 9:20 : 20 Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.
  • Job 16:21 : 21 and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.
  • Job 40:7-8 : 7 “Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me! 8 Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
  • Isa 43:26 : 26 Remind me of what happened! Let’s debate! You, prove to me that you are right!
  • Rom 8:33-34 : 33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died(and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.

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  • Job 13:19
    81%

    19Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

  • Job 34:5
    77%

    5For Job says,‘I am innocent, but God turns away my right.

  • Job 23:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    4I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

  • Job 23:7
    76%

    7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Isa 50:8
    74%

    8The one who vindicates me is close by. Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! Who is my accuser? Let him challenge me!

  • Mic 7:9
    74%

    9I must endure the LORD’s fury, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will witness his deliverance.

  • Job 9:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say,‘Who will summon me?’

    20Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.

  • Job 13:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?

    15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!

  • Ps 18:23-24
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    74%

    23I was innocent before him, and kept myself from sinning.

    24The LORD rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior.

  • Job 13:17
    74%

    17Listen carefully to my words; let your ears be attentive to my explanation.

  • Job 40:8
    74%

    8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

  • Job 13:6
    73%

    6“Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips’ contentions.

  • Job 36:3
    73%

    3With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness.

  • Job 9:2
    73%

    2“Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?

  • Job 13:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1Job Pleads His Cause to God“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

    2What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you!

    3But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

  • Job 5:8
    73%

    8Blessings for the One Who Seeks God“But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.

  • Job 33:32
    72%

    32If you have any words, reply to me; speak, for I want to justify you.

  • Job 19:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and plead my disgrace against me,

    6know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net.

    7Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • Job 33:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8Elihu Rejects Job’s Plea of Innocence“Indeed, you have said in my hearing(I heard the sound of the words!):

    9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.

  • Jer 11:20
    72%

    20So I said,“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, you are a just judge! You examine people’s hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.”

  • Ps 140:12
    72%

    12I know that the LORD defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.

  • 2 Sam 22:25
    72%

    25The LORD rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior.

  • Job 27:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!

    6I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

  • Jer 2:35
    72%

    35you say,‘I have not done anything wrong, so the LORD cannot really be angry with me any more.’ But, watch out! I will bring down judgment on you because you say,‘I have not committed any sin.’

  • Job 9:15
    72%

    15Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy.

  • Jer 20:12
    72%

    12O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, you test and prove the righteous. You see into people’s hearts and minds. Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.

  • Lam 3:59
    72%

    59You have seen the wrong done to me, O LORD; pronounce judgment on my behalf!

  • Ps 9:4
    72%

    4For you defended my just cause; from your throne you pronounced a just decision.

  • Ps 17:2
    72%

    2Make a just decision on my behalf! Decide what is right!

  • Job 33:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2See now, I have opened my mouth; my tongue in my mouth has spoken.

    3My words come from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will utter knowledge sincerely.

  • Job 31:6
    71%

    6let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.

  • Job 6:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28Other Explanation“Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!

    29Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!

  • Ps 7:8
    70%

    8The LORD judges the nations. Vindicate me, LORD, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One!

  • Job 20:3
    70%

    3When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.

  • Job 32:17
    70%

    17I too will answer my part, I too will explain what I know.

  • Job 16:19
    70%

    19Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.

  • Job 13:22
    70%

    22Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.

  • Ps 18:21
    70%

    21For I have obeyed the LORD’s commands; I have not rebelled against my God.