Job 23:4
I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
In Context
3Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!
5I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say unto me.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from Thee; shall not the judge of all the earth do justly?'
Exodus 32:12Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying: For evil did He bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from Thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against Thy people.
Joshua 7:8Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!
Job 13:18Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Psalms 25:11For Thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.
Isaiah 43:26Put Me in remembrance, let us plead together; declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
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 →