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Job 13:18

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13:18See now,42 I have prepared43 my44 case;45

I know that I am right.46

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Footnotes

  1. 42 The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) functions almost as an imperative here, calling attention to what follows: “look” (archaic: behold).
  2. 43 The verb עָרַךְ (’arakh) means “to set in order, set in array [as a battle], prepare” in the sense here of arrange and organize a lawsuit.
  3. 44 The pronoun is added because this is what the verse means.
  4. 45 The word מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) usually means “judgment; decision.” Here it means “lawsuit” (and so a metonymy of effect gave rise to this usage; see Num 27:5; 2 Sam 15:4).
  5. 46 The pronoun is emphatic before the verb: “I know that it is I who am right.” The verb means “to be right; to be righteous.” Some have translated it “vindicated,” looking at the outcome of the suit.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Behold, I have prepared my case;

I know that I shall be in the right.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Now that I have prepared my case,

I know I will be vindicated.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now then, I have prepared my case;

I know that I am right.

NLTNew Living Translation

I have prepared my case;

I will be proved innocent.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Please look, I have prepared my case;

I know that I myself will be vindicated.

KJV 1900King James Version

Behold now, I have ordered my cause;

I know that I shall be justified.