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Look,הֵןthough he slays me,יִקְטְלֵנִיfor himלוֹI will wait;אֲיַחֵלyetאַךְmy waysדְּרָכַיto his faceאֶל פָּנָיוI will argue.אוֹכִיחַ
Job 13:15
Study it in the app“Look, though he slays me, for him I will wait; yet my ways to his face I will argue.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 13:15, word by word
- though he slays meיִקְטְלֵyiktle
slay
To kill, to put to death. A rare verb in Hebrew.
Where else “yiktle” appears- I will waitאֲיַחֵלayachel
wait, hope
Wait patiently; hope.
Where else “ayachel” appears- my waysדְּרָכַderacha
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “deracha” appears- to his faceפָּנָיpanay
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appears- I will argueאוֹכִיחַochiach
argue
To lay out the case before someone to reason with him.
Where else “ochiach” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew text has two forms here: the one that is read, “for him I will wait,” and the written one, “I will not wait” (“Look, he will slay me; I have no hope”).
The context
14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my palm?
15 · This verse (above)
16This too will be my salvation, for no godless one will come before him.