King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Complete Jewish Bible:
If anyone can contend with me, I will be quiet and die!
Berean Standard Bible:
Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
American Standard Version:
Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Who is he that will plead{H7378} with me? for now, if I hold my tongue{H2790}, I shall give up the ghost{H1478}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Isaiah 50:7
- 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.
Isaiah 50:8
- [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.
Jeremiah 20:9
- 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].
Job 7:11
- 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 19:5
- If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and plead against me my reproach:
Romans 8:33
- Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? [It is] God that justifieth.
Job 13:13
- ¶ Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what [will].
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Commentary for Job 13:19
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H7378
There are 59 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רִיב
Transliteration: rîyb
Pronunciation: reeb
Description: or רוּב; a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend; adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly. - Strong's Number: H2790
There are 66 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָרַשׁ
Transliteration: chârash
Pronunciation: khaw-rash'
Description: a primitive root; to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness); [idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker. - Strong's Number: H1478
There are 23 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: גָּוַע
Transliteration: gâvaʻ
Pronunciation: gaw-vah'
Description: a primitive root; to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire; die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.