Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
Job 13:15
“Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.”
— Job 13:15
"Hope deferred maketh the heart sick" — the Bible names disappointment precisely before it answers it. These verses sit with the sickness and then redirect the hope somewhere that does not defer. The fifteen verses below are the Bible's direct address to that situation, shown in full KJV text from Job 13:15 to Romans 5:5.
Quick answer: The best-known verse about disappointment here is Job 13:15: "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him." Psalms 25:3 follows close behind: "Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause." Both are public-domain translations, shown in full on the cards below with a modern-English toggle.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
Job 13:15
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
Psalms 25:3
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness,
Psalms 33:18
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:
Psalms 37:5
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
Psalms 119:114
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.
Psalms 146:3
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
Psalms 147:11
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Yahweh says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man, relies on strength of flesh, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
Jeremiah 17:5
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.
Jeremiah 17:7
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit.
Jeremiah 17:8
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Micah 7:7
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food, the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls,
Habakkuk 3:17
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
Habakkuk 3:18
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 5:5
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