Job 13:3
Notwithstanding I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
In Context
2What ye know, do I know also; I am not inferior unto you.
4But ye are plasterers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
Cross References
Job 9:14How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?
Job 11:5But oh that God would speak, and open His lips against thee;
Job 13:22Then call Thou, and I will answer; or let me speak, and answer Thou me.
Job 23:4I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Jeremiah 12:1Right wouldest Thou be, O LORD, were I to contend with Thee, yet will I reason with Thee: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they secure that deal very treacherously?
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 →