Job 13:18
Context| NETBible | See now, 1 I have prepared 2 my 3 case; 4 I know that I am right. 5 |
| XREF | Job 9:2,3,20; Job 16:21; Job 23:4; Job 40:7; Job 40:7,8; Isa 43:26; Ro 8:33,34; 2Co 1:12 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) functions almost as an imperative here, calling attention to what follows: “look” (archaic: behold). 2 tn 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 tn The pronoun is added because this is what the verse means. 4 tn 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 tn 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. |
