Job 13:18

See now, ¹  I have prepared ²  my ³  case; ⁴  I know that I am right. ⁵ 

Now that I have prepared my case, I know I will be vindicated.

"Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.

I have prepared my case; I will be proved innocent.

Now that I've laid out my defense, I'm sure that I'll be acquitted.

See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.

I have indeed prepared my case; I know that I shall be vindicated.

See now, I have prepared my case, I know that I shall be vindicated.

See now, ¹  I have prepared ²  my ³  case; ⁴  I know that I am right. ⁵ 

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.