Job 23:4
There I would lay out my case before him and present all my arguments in full.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
In Context
3If only I knew where I could find him so I could go to where he sits in judgment.
5I would discover how he would answer me and learn what he has to say to me.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25No, you can't do something like that! You can't kill the good with the wicked, otherwise you would be treating the good and the wicked in the same way. You can't do that! Isn't the Judge of all the earth going to do the right thing?”
Exodus 32:12Why should the Egyptians be able to say, ‘He brought them out with the evil purpose of killing them in the mountains, wiping them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger. Please change your mind over the threat against your people.
Joshua 7:8Excuse me, Lord, but what can I say now that Israel has turned tail and run away from its enemies?
Job 13:18Look, I've prepared my case—I know I will be proved right.
Psalms 25:11Lord, because of your nature, forgive my many sins.
Isaiah 43:26Remind me of the evidence so we can come to a decision together! Present your case to prove that you're right!
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 →