Job 23:4
I would set my case in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
In Context
3O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!
5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay a righteous man with a wicked man, that so the righteous man should be as the wicked man. Far be it from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Exodus 32:12Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, He brought them forth for evil, to kill them on the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and relent of this evil against thy people.
Joshua 7:8Oh, LORD, what shall I say after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!
Job 13:18Behold now, I have set my case in order. I know that I am righteous.
Psalms 25:11For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
Isaiah 43:26Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Set thou forth [thy case] that thou may be justified.
Matthew Henry on Job 23:2-8
The Reply of Job to Eliphaz; Job Appeals from Man to God. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the… Read the whole commentary →