Job 13:16
New International Version
Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance, for no godless person would dare come before him!

New Living Translation
But this is what will save me—I am not godless. If I were, I could not stand before him.

English Standard Version
This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him.

Berean Standard Bible
Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.

King James Bible
He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

New King James Version
He also shall be my salvation, For a hypocrite could not come before Him.

New American Standard Bible
“This also will be my salvation, For a godless person cannot come before His presence.

NASB 1995
“This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before His presence.

NASB 1977
“This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before His presence.

Legacy Standard Bible
This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before His presence.

Amplified Bible
“This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before Him.

Christian Standard Bible
Yes, this will result in my deliverance, for no godless person can appear before him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yes, this will result in my deliverance, for no godless person can appear before Him.

American Standard Version
This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.

Contemporary English Version
This may be what saves me, because no guilty person would come to his court.

English Revised Version
This also shall be my salvation; for a godless man shall not come before him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This also will be my salvation because no godless person could face him.

Good News Translation
It may even be that my boldness will save me, since no wicked person would dare to face God.

International Standard Version
I have this as my salvation: the godless person won't be appearing before him.

Majority Standard Bible
Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.

NET Bible
Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him.

New Heart English Bible
This also shall be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him.

Webster's Bible Translation
He also shall be my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him.

World English Bible
This also will be my salvation, that a godless man will not come before him.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Also—He [is] to me for salvation, "" For the profane do not come before Him.

Young's Literal Translation
Also -- He is to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.

Smith's Literal Translation
Also he is to me for salvation for a profane one shall not come before him.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall be my saviour: for no hypocrite shall come before his presence.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he will be my savior, for no hypocrite at all will approach in his sight.

New American Bible
This shall be my salvation: no impious man can come into his presence.

New Revised Standard Version
This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
He also shall be my Saviour; for a hypocrite shall not come before him.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Also he shall be to me The Savior, because a phony does not come into his presence
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
This also shall be my salvation, That a hypocrite cannot come before Him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And this shall turn to me for salvation; for fraud shall have no entrance before him.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Job Reproves His Friends
15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face. 16Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him. 17Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.…

Cross References
Psalm 34:22
The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

Proverbs 11:8
The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

Isaiah 45:25
In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.

Psalm 37:39-40
The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble. / The LORD helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.

Isaiah 50:7-9
Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame. / The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me! / Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.

Romans 8:33-34
Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. / Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.

1 Peter 2:6
For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

Psalm 71:1
In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.

Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.

2 Timothy 1:12
For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

Psalm 25:2-3
in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me. / Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.

1 John 2:28
And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.

Psalm 31:1
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.

Romans 5:9-10
Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him! / For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!

Psalm 7:10
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.


Treasury of Scripture

He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

my salvation

Exodus 15:2
The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.

Psalm 27:1
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 62:6,7
He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved…

for an hypocrite

Job 8:13
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

Job 27:8-10
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? …

Job 36:13
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

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Job 13
1. Job reproves his friends for partiality
14. He professes his confidence in God;
19. and entreats to know his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him














Moreover
This word serves as a continuation of Job's argument, indicating that what follows is a further development of his previous thoughts. In the Hebrew text, the word used here can be understood as a conjunction that ties Job's current statement to his preceding declarations of faith and integrity. It emphasizes Job's confidence and determination to present his case before God, despite his suffering and the accusations of his friends.

this will be my salvation
The phrase reflects Job's profound hope and trust in God as his ultimate deliverer. The Hebrew word for "salvation" (יְשׁוּעָה, yeshu'ah) is often associated with deliverance, victory, and welfare. Job is expressing his belief that his integrity and faithfulness will lead to his vindication by God. This is a powerful testament to Job's unwavering faith, even in the face of immense suffering and misunderstanding.

for no godless man
Here, Job distinguishes himself from the "godless" or "hypocrite" (חָנֵף, chaneph), a term used in the Hebrew Bible to describe those who are morally corrupt or deceitful. Job is asserting his righteousness and contrasting his character with those who are truly wicked. This distinction is crucial in understanding Job's self-perception and his confidence in approaching God.

can appear before Him
The phrase underscores the belief that only those who are righteous and have a sincere relationship with God can stand in His presence. The Hebrew concept of "appearing before" God implies a sense of judgment or evaluation. Job is confident that his integrity will allow him to stand before God without fear, unlike the godless who cannot withstand divine scrutiny. This reflects the broader biblical theme that God is just and will ultimately vindicate the righteous.

(16) He also shall be my salvation.--Comp. Psalm 27:1, &c. It is characteristic of Job that, living, as he probably did, outside the pale of Israel, he nevertheless shared the faith and knowledge of God's chosen people; and this cannot be said of any other nation, nor docs any literature give evidence of it. Indeed, it is this which most markedly distinguishes Job from his friends, in that he can and does trust God unreservedly, in spite of all adverse circumstances, overwhelming as they were; while his friends are ignorant of the great central fact that He is Himself the sinner's hope, and are content to rest only upon vague and bald generalities. It is because, therefore, he has said, and can say, "He is and will be my salvation," that he can also say, "I know that I shall be justified, that I am righteous, because I trust in Him" (Genesis 15:6). We do not, in thus speaking, import the Gospel into Job, but exhibit that in Job which had already been manifest in Abraham, and probably recorded of him.

Verse 16. - He also shall be my Salvation. Whatever God does to him (ver. 13), whatever burden he lays upon him, though he even "slay" him (ver. 15), yet Job is sure that ultimately, in one way or another, God will be his Salvation. It is this determined trustfulness which at once gives Job's character its strength, and atones in a certain sense for his over-boldness in challenging God to a controversy. His heart is right with God. Though the secrets of the unseen world have been hidden from him, and the condition of man after death is a mystery on which he can only form vague conjectures, yet he is sure that in the end God will not fail him. For an hypocrite shall not come before him. If he were a hypocrite the case would be different; he would tremble before God, instead of feeling confident. But, knowing that he is honest and true, he is not afraid; he is bold to "come before him," and plead his cause before him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Moreover,
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

this will be my salvation,
לִֽישׁוּעָ֑ה (lî·šū·‘āh)
Preposition | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3444: Something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity

for
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

no
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

godless man
חָנֵ֥ף (ḥā·nêp̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2611: Profane, irreligious

can appear
יָבֽוֹא׃ (yā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

before Him.
לְ֝פָנָ֗יו (lə·p̄ā·nāw)
Preposition | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face


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