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15 I will continue to trust God even if he kills me.[a]
    But I will defend myself to his face.
16 And if he lets me live, it will be because I had the confidence to speak.
    No guilty person would dare meet God face to face.
17 Listen carefully to what I say.
    Let me explain.

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  1. Job 13:15 I will … kills me Or “If he decides to kill me, I have no hope.”

15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope(A) in him;(B)
    I will surely[a] defend my ways to his face.(C)
16 Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,(D)
    for no godless(E) person would dare come before him!(F)
17 Listen carefully to what I say;(G)
    let my words ring in your ears.

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  1. Job 13:15 Or He will surely slay me; I have no hope — / yet I will

15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

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