Job 23:7

Let him show fairness in response to me, and let my judgment reach to victory.

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In The King James Version

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

In Context

6I do not want him to contend with me with much strength, nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness.

8If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him.

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Cross References

Job 9:15And if I now have any justice, I will not respond, but will beseech my judge.

Isaiah 1:18And then approach and accuse me, says the Lord. Then, if your sins are like scarlet, they shall be made white like snow; and if they are red like vermillion, they shall become white like wool.

Jeremiah 12:1Certainly, O Lord, you are just. But if I may contend with you, while still speaking what is just to you: Why does the way of the impious prosper? Why is it well with all those who transgress and act unfairly?

Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh.

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 →

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