Job 13 · Verse 22

Job 13:22

Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
Job 13:22, King James Version

Job 13:22 in other translations

BSBThen call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
WEBThen call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me.
ASVThen call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.
YLTAnd call Thou, and I--I answer, Or--I speak, and answer Thou me.
DARBYThen call, and I will answer; or I will speak, and answer thou me.
BBEThen at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.
WebsterThen call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

What does Job 13:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. call--a challenge to the defendant to answer to the charges. answer--the defense begun. speak--as plaintiff. answer--to the plea of the plaintiff. Expressions from a trial.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Then call thou - Begin thou first to plead, and I will answer for myself; or, I will first state and defend my own case, and then answer thou me.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 13:13-22

Job resolved to cleave to the testimony his own conscience gave of his uprightness. He depended upon God for justification and salvation, the two great things we hope for through Christ. Temporal salvation he little expected, but of his eternal salvation he was very confident; that God would not only be his Saviour to make him happy, but his salvation, in the sight and enjoyment of whom he should be happy. He knew…

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Job 13:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּ֭קְרָאU.ke.ra'and callH7121
וְאָנֹכִ֣יve.'a.no.Khiand IH595
אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה'e.'e.NehI will answerH6030
אֽוֹ\־'ov-orH176
אֲ֝דַבֵּ֗ר'a.da.Berlet me speakH1696
וַהֲשִׁיבֵֽנִי\׃va.ha.shi.Ve.niand respond to meH7725

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 13:22

  • Job 14:15

    Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

  • Job 9:16

    If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

  • Job 38:3

    Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

  • Job 42:3-6

    Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

  • Job 40:4-5

    Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

  • Job 9:32

    For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
9:32; 38:3; 40:4,5; 42:3-6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 13:21

    Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

  • Job 13:22

    Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

  • Job 13:23

    How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

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Job 13:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Llama luego, y yo responderé; ó yo hablaré, y respóndeme tú.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et appelle, et moi je répondrai, ou bien je parlerai, et toi, réponds-moi!
German
Elberfelder 1871		So rufe denn, und ich will antworten, oder ich will reden, und erwidere mir!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Voca me, et ego respondebo tibi: aut certe loquar, et tu responde mihi.