Job 13:13 - Exposition

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak ; literally, be silent from me that I may speak ; but our version gives the true meaning. Job repeats the entreaty with which he had bemoan (verses 5, 6 ). And let some on me what will . Job is prepared to face the worst. He feels, as he expresses it below (verse 19), that, if he holds his tongue, he must die. He must speak, and speak he will. After that, let God do as he may please—he will accept his punishment, if God thinks fit to punish him.