Job 23:6
Would he fight against me using his mighty power? No, he would pay attention to what I have to say.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
In Context
5I would discover how he would answer me and learn what he has to say to me.
7There a good person could reason with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Cross References
Job 9:4God is so wise and so powerful that no one could challenge him and win.
Job 9:33If only there was an arbitrator who could bring us both together!
Psalms 138:3On the day I cried out to you for help, you answered me. You encouraged me and made me strong.
Isaiah 27:8You dealt with them by sending them into exile, by banishing them. He drove them away with his powerful force, like when the east wind blows.
Ezekiel 20:35I will bring you before me for judgment face to face in the desert of the nations.
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 →