Job 13:3
But I would still like to speak to the Almighty: I want to prove myself to God!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
In Context
2I know what you know. You're no better than me.
4As for you, you cover things up by telling lies! You are all like doctors who can't heal anyone!
Cross References
Job 9:14So how much less could I answer God, or choose my words to argue with him!
Job 11:5If only God would speak up and tell you directly,
Job 13:22Then call, and I will answer. Or let me speak, and then answer me.
Job 23:4There I would lay out my case before him and present all my arguments in full.
Isaiah 1:18Come on, let's argue this out, says the Lord. Even though your sins are like scarlet, they will become white like snow. Even though they are red like crimson, they will become like wool.
Jeremiah 12:1Lord, when I complain to you, you always show yourself to be in the right. Even so I still want to present my case to you. Why is it that wicked people do so well? Why do those who are unfaithful to you live so comfortably?
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 →