Job 23:4
I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
In Context
3If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!
5I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?
Exodus 32:12Why let the Egyptians say, He took them out to an evil fate, to put them to death on the mountains, cutting them off from the earth? Let your wrath be turned away from them, and send not this evil on your people.
Joshua 7:8O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?
Job 13:18See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.
Psalms 25:11Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.
Isaiah 43:26Put me in mind of this; let us take up the cause between us: put forward your cause, so that you may be seen to be in the right.
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 →