Job 13:3
Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
In Context
2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
4You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
Cross References
Job 9:14How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
Job 11:5But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
Job 13:22Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
Job 23:4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Matthew Henry on Job 13:2-13
Job's Reply to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. 2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. 5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. 6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for… Read the whole commentary →