See now, I have prepared my case, I know that I shall be vindicated.
Parallel translations
- WEB See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.
- KJV Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
- BSB Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.
- NASB “Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
- NLT I have prepared my case; I will be proved innocent.
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Quick answer
Job has carefully prepared his case and is confident of vindication. He believes he will be shown righteous.
Overview
Job declares, 'I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous,' using courtroom language. He is not claiming sinless perfection but integrity in the matter at hand, that he has not committed the secret sins his friends allege. His confidence rests in a fair hearing before God, whom he trusts to judge truly.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Job 23:4I would set my cause in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
- Job 9:2–3“Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
- 2 Cor 1:12For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
- Job 9:20Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.
- Job 40:7–8“Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.
- Isa 43:26Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Declare your case, that you may be justified.
- Rom 8:33–34Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.
- Job 16:21that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!
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