Job 23:4
I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
In Context
3Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and that I may approach even to his throne?
5so that I may know the words that he will answer me and understand what he will say to me.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do this thing, and to kill the just with the impious, and for the just to be treated like the impious. No, this is not like you. You judge all the earth; you would never make such a judgment.”
Exodus 32:12I beg you, let not the Egyptians say, ‘He cleverly led them away, so that he could put them to death in the mountains and destroy them from the earth.’ Let your anger be quieted and appeased concerning the wickedness of your people.
Joshua 7:8My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel turning their backs to their enemies?
Job 13:18If I will be judged, I know that I will be found to be just.
Psalms 25:11But as for me, I have been walking in my innocence. Redeem me, and have mercy on me.
Isaiah 43:26Call me to mind, and let us go to judgment together. If you have anything to justify yourself, explain it.
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 →