Job 23:4
I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
In Context
3Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
5I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Exodus 32:12Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For misfortune he has brought them out, to slay them on the mountains, and to annihilate them from the face of the earth? Turn from the heat of thine anger, and repent of this evil against thy people!
Joshua 7:8Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?
Job 13:18Behold now, I have ordered the cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Psalms 25:11For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, thou wilt indeed pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
Isaiah 43:26Put me in remembrance, let us plead together; rehearse thine own [cause], that thou mayest 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 →