Job 23:6
Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
In Context
5I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.
7There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
Cross References
Job 9:4He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?
Job 9:33There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.
Psalms 138:3When my cry came to your ears you gave me an answer, and made me great with strength in my soul.
Isaiah 27:8Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.
Ezekiel 20:35And I will take you into the waste land of the peoples, and there I will take up the cause with you face to face.
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 →